Bodianus rubrisos

Bodianus rubrisos
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Bodianus
Species:	B. rubrisos
Binomial name
Bodianus rubrisos Gomon, 2006

Bodianus rubrisos, the red-sashed hogfish or morsecode pigfish, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Indo-West Pacific, particularly Japan, Taiwan and Indonesia.^[2] It has been recorded off Australia at Scott Reef in Western Australia and in the Arafura Sea off the Northern Territory.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name is a compound of the Latin rubri meaning "red" and the letters s, o and s, a reference to the dot and dash morse code like colour pattern which is distinctive for this species.^[4]

References

1. Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus rubrisos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187597A8577353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187597A8577353.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Gomon, Martin F. "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species." Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 30 (2006): 1-133.
3. Gomon, M.F. (2016). "Bodianus rubrisos". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bodianus rubrisos". FishBase. August 2019 version.

Further reading

• RANDALL, JOHN E., and BENJAMIN C. VICTOR. "Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes 1839), a valid species of labrid fish from the southwest Indian Ocean."

External links

• "Bodianus rubrisos". The Encyclopedia of Life.