Splitlevel hogfish

Bodianus mesothorax

Midsection bands marking two oceans

Tropical
Oceanic
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Splitlevel hogfish is known around Western Pacific between Wakayama Pref as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 25 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific between Wakayama Pref., Japan and Sydney, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. Indian Ocean, along the western coast of Malaysia and Indonesia, and at least in the Nicobars at the edge of the Andaman Sea. Evidently excluded from the oceanic mid-Pacific plate;
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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