Sealife guideThe mexican hogfishBodianus diplotaenia
Taxonomy
- Common name: Mexican hogfish
- French name: Labre mexicain
- Spanish name: Vieja mexicana
- Scientific name: Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill, 1862)
- Family name: Labridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The mexican hogfish is listed as many other marine species within The
IUCN Red List of threatened species. The mexican hogfish appears in the
IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus
Tarry hogfish
(Bodianus bilunulatus)
Axilspot hogfish
(Bodianus axillaris)
Diana's hogfish
(Bodianus diana)
Pacific Diana's pigfish
(Bodianus dictynna)
Blackbelt hogfish
(Bodianus mesothorax)
Spanish hogfish
(Bodianus rufus)
Lyretail hogfish
(Bodianus anthioides)
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(Thalassoma jansenii)
Sixbar wrasse
(Thalassoma hardwicke)
Klunzinger's wrasse
(Thalassoma rueppellii)
Rockmover wrasse
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)
Peacock razorfish
(Iniistius pavo)
Green razorfish
(Xyrichtys splendens)
Yellowhead wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
Bluescaled wrasse
(Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura)
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(Bodianus diplotaenia)
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(Chirolophis nugator)
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(Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
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(Loxorhynchus grandis)
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