Bodianus dictynna: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Bodianus
- Species
- Bodianus dictynna
- Scientific Name
- Bodianus dictynna
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bodianus dictynna
Bodianus dictynna, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Western Pacific, from the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago east to Tonga, as far north as Japan and as far south as Australia. It is most frequently recorded in association with living coral reefs and the juvenile fish usually occur near black coral and gorgonians, although they sometimes are found in caves near the ceiling. It feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans. The juveniles regularly behave as cleaner fish, removing parasites from other fish. The specific name dictynna is an alternative name for Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting, and refers to the close relationship between this species and Bodianus diana of the Indian Ocean, and a proposed common name of Pacific Diana's pigfish also reflects this relationship.
...Bodianus dictynna in languages:
- Chinese
- 網紋狐鯛
- English
- Redfin Hogfish
- Japanese
- モンツキベラ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Bodianus africanus
- Bodianus albotaeniatus
- Bodianus anthioides
- Bodianus atrolumbus
- Bodianus axillaris
- Bodianus bathycapros
- Bodianus bennetti
- Bodianus bilunulatus
- Bodianus bimaculatus
- Bodianus brasiliensis
- Bodianus busellatus
- Bodianus cylindriatus
- Bodianus darwini
- Bodianus diana
- Bodianus dictynna
- Bodianus diplotaenia
- Bodianus eclancheri
- Bodianus flavifrons
- Bodianus flavipinnis
- Bodianus frenchii
- Bodianus insularis
- Bodianus izuensis
- Bodianus leucosticticus
- Bodianus loxozonus
- Bodianus macrognathos
- Bodianus macrourus
- Bodianus masudai
- Bodianus mesothorax
- Bodianus neilli
- Bodianus neopercularis
- Bodianus opercularis
- Bodianus oxycephalus
- Bodianus paraleucosticticus
- Bodianus parrae
- Bodianus perditio
- Bodianus prognathus
- Bodianus pulchellus
- Bodianus pulcher
- Bodianus reticulatus
- Bodianus rubrisos
- Bodianus rufus
- Bodianus sanguineus
- Bodianus scrofa
- Bodianus sepiacaudus
- Bodianus solatus
- Bodianus speciosus
- Bodianus tanyokidus
- Bodianus thoracotaeniatus
- Bodianus trilineatus
- Bodianus unimaculatus
- Bodianus vulpinus



























































































































































