Bodianus

Not to be confused with Lachnolaimus maximus.

Bodianus Temporal range: 14–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to present [1]
Bodianus loxozonus
Bodianus perditio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Subfamily:	Hypsigenyinae
Genus:	Bodianus Bloch, 1790
Type species
Bodianus bodianus Bloch, 1790 [2]
Synonyms [3]
List Chaeropsodes Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909 Cheiliopsis Steindachner 1863 CossyphusValenciennes, 1839 Diastodon Bowdich, 1825 EuhypsocaraGill, 1863 GymnopropomaGill, 1863 HarpeLacepède, 1802 LepidaploisGill, 1862 ParalepidaploisGomon, 2006 PeneverreoGomon, 2006 PimelometoponT. N. Gill, 1864 PriobodianusGomon, 2006 Pseudolepidaplois Bauchot & Blanc, 1961 Ronchifex Gistel, 1848 Semicossyphus Günther, 1861 TrochocopusGünther, 1862 VerreoJordan & Snyder, 1902 VerriculusJordan & Evermann, 1903

Bodianus is a genus of fish in the family of wrasses, the Labridae, which are commonly known as hogfishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species have many parasites. ^{[4] [ not in body ]}

Taxonomy

Bodianus belongs to the wrasse tribe Hypsigenyini. Gomon (2006) split up the species in Bodianus amongst 10 subgenera. However, these sub-classifications of Bodianus only roughly line up with findings of more recent phylogenetic analyses. ^[5]

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, ^[5] Semicossyphus has subsequently been synonymized with Bodianus, as molecular phylogenetics found that Semicossyphus is nested deep within Bodianus. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Similarly, Clepticus parrae and likely all Clepticus species also nest within Bodianus. ^[5]

Species

B. atrolumbus

B. pulchellus

B. pulcher & B. reticulatus, formerly Semicossyphus.

There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:

• Bodianus albotaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
• Bodianus anthioides (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Lyre-tail hogfish)
• Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Pale-bar hogfish) ^[8]
• Bodianus axillaris (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Axil-spot hogfish)
• Bodianus bathycapros M. F. Gomon, 2006
• Bodianus bennetti M. F. Gomon & F. M. Walsh, 2016 (Lemon-striped pygmy hogfish) ^[9]
• Bodianus bilunulatus (Lacépède, 1801) (Tarry hogfish)
• Bodianus bimaculatus G. R. Allen, 1973 (Two-spot hogfish)
• Bodianus busellatus M. F. Gomon, 2006
• Bodianus cylindriatus (S. Tanaka (I), 1930)
• Bodianus darwini (Jenyns, 1842) (Galápagos sheephead, goldspot sheepshead)
• Bodianus diana (Lacépède, 1801) (Diana's hogfish)
• Bodianus dictynna M. F. Gomon, 2006 (Red-fin hogfish)
• Bodianus diplotaenia (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Mexican hogfish)
• Bodianus eclancheri (Valenciennes, 1846) (Harlequin hogfish)
• Bodianus flavifrons M. F. Gomon, 2001 (Masked hogfish)
• Bodianus flavipinnis M. F. Gomon, 2001 (Yellow-fin hofish)
• Bodianus frenchii (Klunzinger, 1879) (Fox hogfish)
• Bodianus insularis M. F. Gomon & Lubbock, 1980 (Island hogfish)
• Bodianus izuensis Araga & Yoshino, 1975 (Striped hogfish)
• Bodianus leucosticticus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Lined hogfish)
• Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908) (Black-fin hogfish)
• Bodianus macrognathos (R. E. Morris, 1974) (Giant hogfish)
• Bodianus macrourus (Lacépède, 1801) (Black-banded hogfish)
• Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino, 1975
• Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Split-level hogfish)
• Bodianus neilli (F. Day, 1867) (Bay of Bengal hogfish)
• Bodianus neopercularis M. F. Gomon, 2006
• Bodianus opercularis (Guichenot, 1847) (Black-spot hogfish)
• Bodianus oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1862)
• Bodianus paraleucosticticus M. F. Gomon, 2006
• Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Golden-spot hogfish)
• Bodianus prognathus Lobel, 1981
• Bodianus pulchellus (Poey, 1860) (Spot-fin hogfish)
• Bodianus pulcher (Ayres, 1854) (California sheephead)
• Bodianus reticulatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Asian sheepshead wrasse)
• Bodianus rubrisos M. F. Gomon, 2006 (Red-sashed hogfish)
• Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spanish hogfish)
• Bodianus sanguineus (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Sunrise hogfish)
• Bodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Barred hogfish)
• Bodianus sepiacaudus M. F. Gomon, 2006 (Crescent-tail hogfish)
• Bodianus solatus M. F. Gomon, 2006
• Bodianus speciosus (S. Bowdich, 1825) (Black-bar hogfish)
• Bodianus tanyokidus M. F. Gomon & Madden, 1981
• Bodianus thoracotaeniatus Yamamoto, 1982
• Bodianus trilineatus (Fowler, 1934) (Four-line hogfish)
• Bodianus unimaculatus (Günther, 1862) (Red hogfish)
• Bodianus vulpinus (J. Richardson, 1850) (Western hogfish)

References

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2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bodianus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 December 2019.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bodianus". FishBase . June 2016 version.
5. Santini, Francesco; Sorenson, Laurie; Alfaro, Michael E. (June 2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of hogfishes and allies (Bodianus, Labridae)" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 1–6. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.011 .
6. Hughes, Lily C; Nash, Chloe M; White, William T; Westneat, Mark W (2023-06-17). Matschiner, Michael (ed.). "Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)". Systematic Biology. 72 (3): 530–543. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac072. ISSN   1063-5157.
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8. Randall, J.E. & Victor, B.C. (2013): Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes 1839), a valid species of labrid fish from the southwest Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 13: 44–61.
9. Gomon, M.F. & Walsh, F. (2016): A new pygmy hogfish (Labridae: Bodianus) of the subgenus Trochocopus from the tropical southern Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 23: 12-20.