| Bodianus vulpinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. vulpinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus vulpinus (Richardson, 1850) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850 | |
Bodianus vulpinus, the western pigfish, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean, namely Western Australia.
Taxonomy
Bodianus vulpinus is placed within in the subgenus Verreo in Bodianus. The record of B. vulpinus from the Hawaiian Islands by some authors was eventually recognized as a distinct species, Bodianus bathycapros.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus vulpinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187553A8566575. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187553A8566575.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Bodianus vulpinus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ↑ Martin F. Gomon (2001) Descriptions of two new species of Bodianus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Australasian waters, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 28:4, 407-416, DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518279
- ↑ Gomon, Martin F. "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species." Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 30 (2006): 1-133.
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