Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Axilspot Hogfish
Bodianus axillaris
Axilspot Hogfish
Category: Hogfishes
Scientific Name: Bodianus axillaris
Size: Up to 9 in. (23 cm)  
Depth: 6-120 ft. (2-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
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. axillaris (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218933🔗
iNaturalist ID: 95813🔗

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