title: Macropharyngodon
text: # Macropharyngodon
  
  Macropharyngodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
  
  ## Species
  
  The 12 currently recognized species in this genus are:
  
  * Macropharyngodon bipartitus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Rare wrasse)
  * Macropharyngodon choati J. E. Randall, 1978 (Choat's wrasse)
  * Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus J. E. Randall, 1978, 1978
  * Macropharyngodon geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Geoffroy's wrasse)
  * Macropharyngodon kuiteri J. E. Randall, 1978 (Black leopard wrasse)
  * Macropharyngodon marisrubri J. E. Randall, 1978
  * Macropharyngodon meleagris Valenciennes, 1839 (Blackspotted wrasse)
  * Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & K. A. Meyer, 1978
  * Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932 (Yellow-spotted wrasse)
  * Macropharyngodon ornatus J. E. Randall, 1978 (False leopard)
  * Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, J. T. Williams & Planes, 2014 (Pakoko wrasse)
  * Macropharyngodon vivienae J. E. Randall, 1978 (Madagascar wrasse)
  