Crescent-tail hogfish
| Bodianus sepiacaudus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. sepiacaudus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus sepiacaudus Gomon, 2006 | |
The crescent-tail hogfish, Bodianus sepiacaudus, is a species of wrasse native to the Pacific Ocean from Sulawesi to the Line Islands. It can be found in groups at depths from 20 to 75 m (66 to 246 ft). This species can reach 8.7 cm (3.4 in) in standard length.[2] Juveniles are white and black. Adults are white with four broad red stripes, suffused with black on caudal peduncle and caudal fin. It can be found in the aquarium trade.[1]
The crescent-tail hogfish differs from Bodianus masudai by having white pelvic fins.[3]
References
- 1 2 Russell, B. (2010). Bodianus sepiacaudus. In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 22 August 2014.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bodianus sepiacaudus" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
- ↑ Martin F. Gomon (2006). "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 30: 1–133.
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