Bird Wrasse

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Availability

Limited

Origin
Indian Ocean
Family
WRASSES
Region Badge
Indian

Bird Wrasse (Gomphosus varius) is a premium Indian Ocean marine fish available from Bluefields Aquatics, based in Mtwapa, Mombasa, Kenya. We export to 67+ countries worldwide with full KFS and CITES documentation.

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Native to the Indian Ocean, the Bird Wrasse (Gomphosus varius, family Labridae) is a marine ornamental fish we export from our facility on the Kenyan coast. Bluefields Aquatics ships Bird Wrasse as healthy, conditioned wholesale stock to aquarium buyers in over 67 countries.

Bird Wrasse — quick facts

Common nameBird Wrasse
Scientific nameGomphosus varius
FamilyLabridae
OriginIndian Ocean
Maximum sizeUp to 28cm
Reef compatibilityMostly reef-safe (species-dependent)
TemperamentVaries — peaceful to semi-aggressive
DietCarnivore
Care levelEasy to moderate
AvailabilityLimited Availability

Care & aquarium requirements

Wrasses are one of the largest and most diverse families in the trade, spanning budget cleaners to spectacular premium fairy and flasher wrasses. This range makes them invaluable to a buyer: there is a wrasse for every price point and every customer. Most are active, colourful and hardy once settled.

Compatibility & reef behaviour

Reef compatibility varies across the family — fairy and flasher wrasses are reef-safe, while some larger wrasses may hunt small invertebrates. Two universal traits: most are accomplished jumpers, so tanks must be covered, and many sand-dwellers burrow to sleep. See our wrasse buyer guide.

Export packaging & shipping

Each specimen is conditioned and purged before packing, then bagged in clean, temperature-matched saltwater and charged with pure oxygen for the journey. Bags are insulated in polystyrene boxes and routed for the shortest reliable transit to your airport, helping us hold DOA below 2%. For more on how we keep losses low, see our guides on professional packing and mortality prevention.

Order Bird Wrasse wholesale

Bluefields Aquatics supplies the Bird Wrasse and 250+ other marine species to wholesale buyers worldwide. See our buyer guide for this group, or browse the species index, request our weekly stocklist for current availability and sizes, or contact our export team to plan an order.

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