Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Lyretail Hogfish
Bodianus anthioides
Lyretail Hogfish
Category: Hogfishes
Scientific Name: Bodianus anthioides
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 18-200 ft. (5-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
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. anthioides (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218929🔗
iNaturalist ID: 95812🔗

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