Bodianus pulchellus
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| Bodianus pulchellus | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. pulchellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus pulchellus (Poey, 1860) |
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Bodianus pulchellus, or spotfin hogfish, is a hogfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 28.5 cm in length.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Bodianus pulchellus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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