Palebar hogfish

Bodianus atrolumbus

Hunts urchins and crabs

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Africa
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Bodianus atrolumbus, the pale-bar hogfish, is a species of wrasse from the genus Bodianus. The fish lives in the Western Indian Pacific between the Mascarene Islands and the coast of Southeast Africa. It's a tropical reef inhabitant that feeds on invertebrates like sea urchins and crabs.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Maximum length: 30.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mascarene Is., St. Brandon's Shoals, KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mozambique.

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