Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blackfin Hogfish
Bodianus loxozonus
Blackfin Hogfish
Also known as: Blackfin Pigfish
Category: Hogfishes
Scientific Name: Bodianus loxozonus
Size: Up to 16 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 10-120 ft. (3-37 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Hypsigenyinae (Subfamily) Hogfishes and Tuskfishes
       └Clepticini (Tribe) Hogfishes
        └Bodianus (Genus)
         └B. loxozonus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273534🔗
iNaturalist ID: 95827🔗

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