Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Bodianus > Bodianus bilunulatus

Bodianus bilunulatus (Tarry hogfish; Table boss; Saddleback wrasse; Saddleback pigfish; Saddle-back hogfish; Saddleback hogfish; Red-streaked pigfish; Hawaiian hogfish; Crescent banded hogfish; Blackspot wrasse)

Synonyms: Bodianus bilunulatus bilinulatus; Bodianus bilunulatus bilunulatus; Cossyphus bilunulatus; Labrus bilunulatus; Lepidaplois bilunulatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Tarry hogfish, Bodianus bilunulatus, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the African coast to the western Pacific Ocean to Japan, New Caledonia, and the Philippines. This species occurs on reef slopes at depths of from 3 to 160 m (9.8 to 524.9 ft) with the adults being found in deeper waters than the juveniles. This species can reach 55 cm (22 in) in total length with a maximum recorded weight of 1.8 kg (4.0 lb). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is also popular as a game fish. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. Other common names include: blackspot wrasse, crescent-banded hogfish, Hawaiian hogfish, saddle-back hogfish, table boss, and tuxedo hogfish.
View Wikipedia Record: Bodianus bilunulatus

Predators

Caranx melampygus (black ulua)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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