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Bodianus vulpinus

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Bodianus vulpinus
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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

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Bodianus vulpinus is placed 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bodianus vulpinus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.