Crescent-tail hogfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species:
B. sepiacaudus
Binomial name
Bodianus sepiacaudus
Gomon, 2006

The crescent-tail hogfish (Bodianus sepiacaudus), also known as the candy cane hogfish or Pacific redstriped hogfish,[2] is a species of wrasse native to the Pacific Ocean from Sulawesi to the Line Islands. It can be found in groups at depths from 20 to 75 m (66 to 246 ft). This species can reach 8.7 cm (3.4 in) in standard length.[3] Juveniles are white and black. Adults are white with four broad red stripes, suffused with black on caudal peduncle and caudal fin. It can be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

The crescent-tail hogfish differs from Bodianus masudai by having white pelvic fins.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus sepiacaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187576A8573103. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187576A8573103.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Dianne J. Bray. "Bodianus sepiacaudus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Bodianus sepiacaudus" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  4. Martin F. Gomon (2006). "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 30: 1–133.


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