Bodianus mesothorax
| Bodianus mesothorax | |
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| Specimen from the northeast coast, Taiwan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. mesothorax
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| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus mesothorax (
J. G. Schneider , 1801) | |
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Bodianus mesothorax, the split-level hogfish, blackbelt hogfish, black-belt hogfish, coral hogfish, eclipse hogfish, eclipse pigfish, mesothorax hogfish or yellow-spotted hogfish,[3] is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean.
Description
Bodianus mesothoraxwhich has a distinct blackish diagonal band between the purplish head end of the body and the whitish to yellowish posterior part. The juveniles are dark purple with two lines of bright yellow spots. They are similar to the juveniles of the axilspot hogfish (
Distribution
Bodianus mesothorax is found in the eastern Indian Ocean as far west as the Nicobar Islands in the Andaman Sea and in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan I the north and Australia in the south as far east as Fiji.[2]
Habitat and biology
Bodianus mesothorax can be found on
In the aquarium
This species can be found in the aquarium trade.[2] It is commonly imported for the fish trade from the Philippines and Indonesia.[4]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Bodianus mesothorax" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ a b c Dianne J. Bray. "Bodianus mesothorax". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-84286-118-9.
External links
- Photos of Bodianus mesothorax on Sealife Collection