Crescent-Tail Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus sp.
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Red with white belly; 2 narrow white stripes from snout to tail, large black spot on tail base extends onto tail and is bordered by crescents of yellow, red and black, black spot on upper rear gill cover.
Favourite: Undescribed species.
Hide-out: Deep reefs in 20-60m.
Location: Localized - Known from scattered locations in Indonesia and at Christmas I. in the Central Pacific.

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