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Bodianus
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Bodianus is a genus of fishes in the family of wrasses, the Labridae, which are commonly known as hogfishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. These species have many parasites.

Species

タキベラ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyLabridae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded90,895

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
124
With media
14
Family
Labridae
Collections
USNM, UWFC, CAS, UMMZ, SIO, ANSP
Recorded in
Barbuda, United States, Jamaica, Kiribati, Mexico, Madagascar, Cuba, Ascension Island

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Bodianus loxozonus.jpg
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start time
14000000-0
Commons category
Bodianus
taxon name
Bodianus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Bodianus
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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References

Bodianus is a genus of fishes in the family of wrasses, the Labridae, which are commonly known as hogfishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. These species have many parasites.

== Taxonomy == Bodianus belongs to the wrasse tribe Hypsigenyini. Gomon (2006) split up the species in Bodianus amongst 10 subgenera. However, these subclassifications of Bodianus only roughly line up with findings of more recent phylogenetic analyses.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bodianus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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