General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blackfin Hogfish, Blackfin Pigfish; French Labre Barré GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE se.Asia - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, lagoon and seaward reef, 3-40+m. KEY FEATURES: To 45cm SL. Oval with pointed snout. Body orange-red above, pearly white below, head yellow; ~15 pale blue spot-and-dash on body. Pelvic fin, lower edge of Anal fin, tail & tail-base black; Pectoral and Tail fins unmarked and transparent; Pelvic Fins black. Large males becoming red-brown. SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Saddleback Hogfish (Bodianus bilunulatus).

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908)
SYNONYMS: Lepidaplois loxozonus [O]; Bodianus loxozonus trotteri [Cooks to Tuamotu]; Bodianus hirsutus [common mis-ID]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Hypsigenyini

Vouchers:
Cooks: Lieske & Myers 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral Reef Fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean. p90.

References:
text p.176 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 88b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.300 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 90-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 71-05 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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