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Labridae
axilspot hogfish
Bodianus axillaris
Wrasse from the South African Coast
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
MediumBodianus axillaris, the axilspot hogfish, coral pigfish or turncoat hogfish, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Unnamed Order
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Bodianus
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa (Ref. 35918 ), east to the Marshall, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to Japan (Ref. 559 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
