Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Blacksaddle Tuskfish
Choerodon zosterophorus
Blacksaddle Tuskfish
Also known as: Black-Blotch Tuskfish, Zoster Wrasse
Category: Tuskfishes
Scientific Name: Choerodon zosterophorus
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 30-130 ft. (10-40 m)
Distribution: Asian Pacific
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
       └Hypsigenyini (Tribe) Tuskfishes
        └Choerodon (Genus)
         └C. zosterophorus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277283🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97672🔗

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