Sunburnt pigfish

Bodianus solatus

Wrasse in the Eastern Indian Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Medium
Tropical fish

Bodianus solatus, the sunburnt hogfish, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of Western Australia. It was formerly considered the western Australian form of the goldspot hogfish (Bodanius perdito).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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