Bodianus vulpinus

Bodianus vulpinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species:
B. vulpinus
Binomial name
Bodianus vulpinus
(Richardson, 1850)
Synonyms[2]

Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850

Bodianus vulpinus, the western pigfish, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean, namely Western Australia.

Taxonomy

Bodianus vulpinus is placed in the subgenus Verreo in Bodianus. The record of B. vulpinus from the Hawaiian Islands by some authors was eventually recognized as a distinct species, Bodianus bathycapros.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus vulpinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187553A8566575. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187553A8566575.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bodianus vulpinus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. ^ Martin F. Gomon (2001) Descriptions of two new species of Bodianus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Australasian waters, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 28:4, 407-416, DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518279
  4. ^ Gomon, Martin F. "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species." Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 30 (2006): 1-133.



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