Bodianus


Bodianus is a genus of fishes in the family of wrasses, the Labridae, which are commonly known as hogfishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. These species have many parasites.

Taxonomy

Bodianus belongs to the wrasse tribe Hypsigenyini. Gomon split up the species in Bodianus amongst 10 subgenera. However, these subclassifications of Bodianus only roughly line up with findings of more recent phylogenetic analyses.
The three species B. darwini, B. pulcher, and B. reticulatus, commonly called the sheephead wrasses, have traditionally formed their own genus Semicossyphus. Although at least the latter two species form a monophyletic lineage with each other, Semicossyphus has subsequently been synonymized with Bodianus, as molecular phylogenetics found that Semicossyphus is nested deep within Bodianus.
Similarly, Clepticus parrae and likely all Clepticus species also nest within Bodianus.

Species

Currently, 45 species are recognized in this genus:
  • Bodianus albotaeniatus
  • Bodianus anthioides
  • Bodianus atrolumbus
  • Bodianus axillaris
  • Bodianus bathycapros M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus bennetti M. F. Gomon & F. M. Walsh, 2016
  • Bodianus bilunulatus
  • Bodianus bimaculatus G. R. Allen, 1973
  • Bodianus busellatus M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus cylindriatus
  • Bodianus darwini
  • Bodianus diana
  • Bodianus dictynna M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus diplotaenia
  • Bodianus eclancheri
  • Bodianus flavifrons M. F. Gomon, 2001
  • Bodianus flavipinnis M. F. Gomon, 2001
  • Bodianus frenchii
  • Bodianus insularis M. F. Gomon & Lubbock, 1980
  • Bodianus izuensis Araga & Yoshino, 1975
  • Bodianus leucosticticus
  • Bodianus loxozonus
  • Bodianus macrognathos
  • Bodianus macrourus
  • Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino, 1975
  • Bodianus mesothorax
  • Bodianus neilli
  • Bodianus neopercularis M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus opercularis
  • Bodianus oxycephalus
  • Bodianus paraleucosticticus M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus perditio
  • Bodianus prognathus Lobel, 1981
  • Bodianus pulchellus
  • Bodianus pulcher
  • Bodianus reticulatus
  • Bodianus rubrisos M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus rufus
  • Bodianus sanguineus
  • Bodianus scrofa
  • Bodianus sepiacaudus M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus solatus M. F. Gomon, 2006
  • Bodianus speciosus
  • Bodianus tanyokidus M. F. Gomon & Madden, 1981
  • Bodianus thoracotaeniatus Yamamoto, 1982
  • Bodianus trilineatus
  • Bodianus unimaculatus
  • ''Bodianus vulpinus''