Goldspot sheepshead

Bodianus darwini

Fish Reaching Seventy Centimeters in Eastern Pacific

Yellow
Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
South America
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Bodianus darwini is a species of ray-finned fish native to the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Common names include the Chilean sheepshead wrasse, the goldspot sheepshead or the Galapagos sheepshead wrasse.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Southeast Pacific: Ecuador to central Peru, and Galapagos Islands.

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