Animalia > Chordata > Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Labridae > Bodianus > Bodianus mesothorax| | Bodianus mesothorax (eclipse pigfish; Split-level hogfish; Splitlevel hogfish; Mesothorax hogfish; Eclipse hogfish; Coral hogfish; Black-belt hogfish; Blackbelt hogfish; Wrasse; Splitlevel pigfish) | |
Synonyms: Bodianus meosthorax; Labrus mesothorax; Lepidaplois mesothorax; Scarus mordax Language: Bikol; Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Ilokano; Japanese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Other; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray Bodianus mesothorax, or splitlevel hogfish, is a hogfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length. |
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 MapsAustralia; Calamianes Islands; Christmas Island (Aust.); Coral Sea and GBR; Davao Gulf; Fiji Islands; Great Barrier Reef; Hong Kong; Hsiao-liu-chiu; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indo-West Pacific: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef.; Indonesia; Indonesian Sea; Japan; Kimbe Bay; Lagonoy Gulf; Lingayen Gulf; Lutao Island; Malaysia; Micronesia,Fed.States of; Milne Bay; New Caledonia; North Australian Shelf; Ogasawara Islands; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Western Central; Palau; Panay Gulf; Papua New Guinea; Peng-hu Island; Philippines; Ragay Gulf; San Miguel Bay; Sogod Bay; Solomon Islands; Sorsogon Bay; South China Sea; Spratly Islands; Sulu-Celebes Sea; Taiwan; Tawi tawi Bay; Tayabas Bay; Thailand; Tonga; Tubbataha Reefs; Verde Island Passage; Viet Nam; Yellow Sea; Species recognized by Group expert : Westneat, M., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in  Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
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