Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Bodianus > Bodianus mesothorax

Bodianus mesothorax (eclipse pigfish; Split-level hogfish; Splitlevel hogfish; Mesothorax hogfish; Eclipse hogfish; Coral hogfish; Black-belt hogfish; Blackbelt hogfish; Wrasse; Splitlevel pigfish)

Synonyms: Bodianus meosthorax; Labrus mesothorax; Lepidaplois mesothorax; Scarus mordax
Language: Bikol; Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Ilokano; Japanese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Other; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The split-level hogfish, Bodianus mesothorax, is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean. They can be found on reefs at depths of 5 to 40 m (16 to 131 ft), though rarely below 20 m (66 ft). Juveniles inhabit caves in the reef. Adults of this species clean other fish by eating parasites on the body of other reef fish. This species can reach a length of 25 cm (9.8 in). This species can be found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Scaphanocephalus adamsi[1]

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Citations

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1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0