{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = TensuMK0402.jpg | image_caption = Oriental sandy (''N. sciistius'') | taxon = Novaculops | authority = L. P. Schultz, 1960 | type_species = ''Novaculichthys woodi'' | type_species_authority = O. P. Jenkins, 1901<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=10007|title=''Novaculops''|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> }}
'''''Novaculops''''' is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.<ref name=FishBase/>
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Novaculops| month = August | year = 2013}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |''Novaculops alvheimi'' <small>J. E. Randall, 2013</small> |St. Brandon's sandy | |- |''Novaculops compressus'' <small>Fukui, 2020</small> |Garnet sandy | |- |''Novaculops halsteadi'' <small>(J. E. Randall & Lobel, 2003)</small> |Halstead's sandy |frameless |- |''Novaculops koteamea'' <small>(J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2004)</small> |Rapanui sandy | |- |''Novaculops pastellus'' <small>(J. E. Randall, Earle & L. A. Rocha, 2008)</small> |Lord Howe sandy |frameless |- |''Novaculops sciistius'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914)</small> |oriental sandy |frameless |- |''Novaculops woodi'' <small>(O. P. Jenkins, 1901)</small> |Hawaiian sandy |frameless |}
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Category:Labridae Category:Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz Category:Marine fish genera
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