Bodianus is a genus of fishes in the family of wrasses, the Labridae, which are commonly known as hogfishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. These species have many parasites.
Taxonomy Bodianus belongs to the wrasse tribe Hypsigenyini. Gomon (2006) split up the species in Bodianus amongst 10 subgenera. However, these subclassifications of Bodianus only roughly line up with findings of more recent phylogenetic analyses.
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, Semicossyphus has subsequently been synonymized with Bodianus, as molecular phylogenetics found that Semicossyphus is nested deep within Bodianus.
Similarly, Clepticus parrae and likely all Clepticus species also nest within Bodianus.
Species
Currently, 45 species are recognized in this genus: Bodianus africanus Heiser, R. L. Moura & D. R. Robertson, 2000 (African creole wrasse) Bodianus albotaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1839) Bodianus anthioides (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (lyre-tail hogfish) Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes, 1839) (pale-bar hogfish) 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. 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) 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. Bodianus bilunulatus (Lacépède, 1801) (tarry hogfish) Bodianus bimaculatus G. R. Allen, 1973 (two-spot hogfish) Bodianus brasiliensis Heiser, R. L. Moura & D. R. Robertson, 2000 (Brazilian creole wrasse) Bodianus busellatus M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus cylindriatus (S. Tanaka (I), 1930) Bodianus darwini (Jenyns, 1842) (Galápagos sheepshead, 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 hogfish) 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 parrae (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (creole wrasse) 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 sheepshead) 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)
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