Labridae

Blackblotch Hogfish

Bodianus busellatus

Wrasse beneath the Pacific Ocean

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Tropical fish

Bodianus busellatus is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the south central Pacific, particularly the Marquesas Islands. This species was described by Martin F. Gomon of the Australian Museum in 2006 with the type locality given as northeast of Matakumu Point on Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. This species is found only in the Marquesas and Pitcairn Islands.