Wakatobi, Indonesia
Dumaguete, Philippines
Juvenile
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Yap, Micronesia
Blackbelt Hogfish
Bodianus mesothorax
Blackbelt Hogfish
Also known as: Splitlevel Hogfish, Coral Hogfish
Category: Hogfishes
Scientific Name: Bodianus mesothorax
Size: 2 to 7 in. (5 to 18 cm)
Depth: 15-100 ft. (5-30 m)
Distribution: Asian Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Hypsigenyinae (Subfamily)
└Bodianus (Genus)
└B. mesothorax (Species)
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