Bodianus macrourus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Labridae
Genus
Bodianus
Species
Bodianus macrourus
Scientific Name
Bodianus macrourus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Bodianus macrourus

The Black-banded hogfish (Bodianus macrourus) is a species of wrasse from the genus Bodianus. It is restricted to a small area in the Western Indian Ocean. The only known locations are Mauritius, Réunion and St. Brandon, where it occurs near tropical reefs at a depth of 10-40 meters below surface.

The species reaches a length of 32 cm. Because of the limited range in the wild, it occurs only rarely in the fish trade.

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Bodianus macrourus in languages:

Czech
ostnatec mauricijský
English
Black-banded Hogfish
French
Vieille de Maurice

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Bodianus macrourus
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