Pacific Redstripe Hogfish, Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino 1975


Other Names: Black Spot Hogfish, Candystripe Hogfish, Masudai Hogfish

A Pacific Redstripe Hogfish, Bodianus masudai, in Izu Ocean Park, Japan, August 2013, depth 44 m. Source: Izuzuki / http://www.izuzuki.com/. License: CC by Attribution-ShareAlike


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Bray, D.J. 2024, Bodianus masudai in Fishes of Australia, accessed 14 Feb 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5372

Pacific Redstripe Hogfish, Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino 1975

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Distribution

Outer Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; also Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in eastern Indonesia, the Philippines, southern Japan, Taiwan, Palau and New Caledonia. Inhabits coral and rocky reefs at depths of 30–155 m.

Size

A small hogfish reaching about 149 mm SL. 

Etymology

The species is named for Hajime Masuda who collected the holotype and co-authored the book in which the original description was presented.

Species Citation

Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino 1975, in Masuda, Araga & Yoshino, Coastal fishes of southern Japan: 297, Pl. 103 (fig. H). Type locality: Off the Izu Ocean Park, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, depth about 40 m.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2024

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Pacific Redstripe Hogfish, Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino 1975

References


Araga, C. & Yoshino, T. 1975. in Masuda, H., Araga, C. & Yoshino, T. 1975. Coastal fishes of southern Japan. Tokyo, Japan : Tokai University Press pp 1-379, 142 pls.

Gomon, M.F. 2006. A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 30: 1-133. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.30.2006.1460

Gomon, M.F. & Walsh, F. 2016. A new pygmy hogfish (Labridae: Bodianus) of the subgenus Trochocopus from the tropical southern Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 23: 12-20. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.161604

Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics 398 pp.

Russell, B. 2010. Bodianus masudai. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187697A8604624. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187697A8604624.en. Downloaded on 12 September 2017.

Sih, T.L., Cappo, M. & Kingsford, M.J. 2017. Deep-reef fish assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef shelf-break (Australia). Science Reports 7: 10886 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11452-1 

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37384221

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:30-155 m

Habitat:Aquarium fish (rare)

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:15 cm SL

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