General Information

COMMON NAMES: Lyretail Hogfish; German Herzog-Schweinslippfisch; French Caudène, Vieille à Queue de Lyre, Labre Lyre GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group, rare. (RR) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope, below 30m KEY FEATURES: To 22cm SL. JUVENILE with dramatic lunate tail; body anterior orange-brown, posterior white with brown spots; tail white with brown upper and lower margins; Dorsal Fin with large black anterior spot. ADULT similar with more extensive brown areas and brown margins on tail turning black.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
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Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Bodianus anthioides (Bennett, 1832)
SYNONYMS: Crenilabrus anthioides [O]; Lepidaplois anthioides

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

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field specimen 33m depth Tupapa ID N.Sims (Sims88); fieldsight, adult, 25m, rare, Ngatangiia, 1/2000, ID GM.

References:
text p.176 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 88a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.298 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.429 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 90-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 71-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p403 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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