Bodianus
loxozonus
(Snyder, 1908)
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Family:
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Labridae
(Wrasses), subfamily: Bodianinae
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Order:
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Perciformes
(perch-likes)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Blackfin hogfish |
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Max. size:
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47.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710) |
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Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 %26#150; 100 m
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Climate: |
tropical; 25 %26#150; 28%26deg;C; 30%26deg;N - 28%26deg;S |
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Importance:
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fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial |
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Resilience: |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
Distribution:
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Western Pacific: eastward to French Polynesia, north to Japan, south to New Caledonia. Myers %26 Lieske 1994 (Ref. 9710) list the subspecies loxozonus as occurring from Viet Nam to the Marshall Islands and Tonga, north to the Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands and the subspecies trotteri as occurring in the Line and Cook Islands and French Polynesia.
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 12 - 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9 - 11;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 11 %26#150; 12. Adults usually with a large black blotch on the back, extending along the lower lobe of the tail fin to the black ventral fins, but reduced to a small patch in large males (Ref. 48636).
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Biology: |
Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602), on slopes or along upper part of drop-offs (Ref. 48636). Feeds mainly on benthic, hard-shelled, invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 9823).
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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Coordinator: |
Westneat, Mark
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