# Novaculops

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = TensuMK0402.jpg
| image_caption = Oriental sandy (''N. sciistius'')
| taxon = Novaculops
| authority = [L. P. Schultz](/source/Leonard_Peter_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](/source/genus) of [wrasse](/source/wrasse)s native to the [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean) and [Pacific](/source/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](/source/Novaculops_alvheimi)''
<small>[J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2013</small>
|St. Brandon's sandy
|
|-
|''[Novaculops compressus](/source/Novaculops_compressus)''
<small>Fukui, 2020</small>
|Garnet sandy
|
|-
|''[Novaculops halsteadi](/source/Novaculops_halsteadi)''
<small>(J. E. Randall & [Lobel](/source/Phillip_S._Lobel), 2003)</small>
|Halstead's sandy
|frameless
|-
|''[Novaculops koteamea](/source/Novaculops_koteamea)''
<small>(J. E. Randall & [G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 2004)</small>
|Rapanui sandy
|
|-
|''[Novaculops pastellus](/source/Novaculops_pastellus)''
<small>(J. E. Randall, [Earle](/source/John_L._Earle) & [L. A. Rocha](/source/Luiz_A._Rocha), 2008)</small>
|Lord Howe sandy
|frameless
|-
|''[Novaculops sciistius](/source/Novaculops_sciistius)''
<small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [W. F. Thompson](/source/William_Francis_Thompson_(biologist)), 1914)</small>
|oriental sandy
|frameless
|-
|''[Novaculops woodi](/source/Novaculops_woodi)''
<small>([O. P. Jenkins](/source/Oliver_Peebles_Jenkins), 1901)</small>
|Hawaiian sandy
|frameless
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Labridae
Category:Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz
Category:Marine fish genera

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