Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Mexican Hogfish
Bodianus diplotaenia
Mexican Hogfish
Category: Hogfishes
Scientific Name: Bodianus diplotaenia
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Hypsigenyinae (Subfamily) Hogfishes and Tuskfishes
       └Clepticini (Tribe) Hogfishes
        └Bodianus (Genus)
         └B. diplotaenia (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273527🔗
iNaturalist ID: 57333🔗

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