Bodianus


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 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 albotaeniatus Bodianus anthioides Bodianus atrolumbus Bodianus axillaris Bodianus bathycapros M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus bennetti M. F. Gomon & F. M. Walsh, 2016 Bodianus bilunulatus Bodianus bimaculatus G. R. Allen, 1973 Bodianus busellatus M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus cylindriatus Bodianus darwini Bodianus diana Bodianus dictynna M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus diplotaenia Bodianus eclancheri Bodianus flavifrons M. F. Gomon, 2001 Bodianus flavipinnis M. F. Gomon, 2001 Bodianus frenchii Bodianus insularis M. F. Gomon & Lubbock, 1980 Bodianus izuensis Araga & Yoshino, 1975 Bodianus leucosticticus Bodianus loxozonus Bodianus macrognathos Bodianus macrourus Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino, 1975Bodianus mesothorax Bodianus neilli Bodianus neopercularis M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus opercularis Bodianus oxycephalus Bodianus paraleucosticticus M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus perditio Bodianus prognathus Lobel, 1981Bodianus pulchellus Bodianus pulcher Bodianus reticulatus Bodianus rubrisos M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus rufus Bodianus sanguineus Bodianus scrofa Bodianus sepiacaudus M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus solatus M. F. Gomon, 2006 Bodianus speciosus Bodianus tanyokidus M. F. Gomon & Madden, 1981Bodianus thoracotaeniatus Yamamoto, 1982Bodianus trilineatus Bodianus unimaculatus