Twospot Slender Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus bimaculatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Small and slender; variable from yellowish upper body and pink below to pink upper body and white below; may have thin red stripes, black spot on rear gill cover and often another on tail base.
Favourite: Form small groups.
Hide-out: Steep outer reef slopes in 30-60m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Mauritius to Papua New Guinea. S. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.

Saddleback Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus bilunulatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 55cm
Identification: TP - Pale undercolor with numerous dark reddish to greenish or grayish brown thin stripes; large dark or pale spot below rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary; feed on benthic invertebrates.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reef slopes in 8-108m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Hawaii and Pitcairn Is. east of French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.

Redstripe Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus opercularis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: Slender body; bold red and white candy-stripe pattern; black spot on rear edge of gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Rubble bottoms on or adjacent to steep outer reef slopes in 35-70m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea to Palau and Marshall Is. in Micronesia.

Neill's Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus neilli
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Reddish brown head and upper forebody, white lower and rear body; large blackish and red blotch on middle of dorsal and anal fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs in 2-15m.
Location: Indian Ocean - Maldives to Andaman Sea.

Lyretail Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus anthioides
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Brown head and forebody, white rear body; scattered brown spots on white areas; deeply forked tail.
Favourite: Solitary; feed on benthic invertebrates.
Hide-out: Steep outer slopes, often adjacent to dropoffs in 6-25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.

Longnose Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus prognathus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Red upper body, paler below; 4-5 white spots on back and several pale spots on body; black spots on many scales; elongate snout.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Outer reefs in 7-20m, juveniles usually below 30m.
Location: Localized - Line Is. in eastern Central Pacific.

Goldspot Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus perditio
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: JP - Yellow; large black patch on rear back preceded by white bar. TP - Reddish; same markings as JP except bar is yellowish.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sand and rubble patches of seaward reefs in 13-40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Hawaii and Pitcairn Is. east of French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.

Diana's Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus diana
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Purple to red head and back, yellow to whitish below; 4-5 white spots on back, large black spots on ventral and anal fins.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Outer reef slopes in 6-25m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Samoa. S. Japan to E. Australia and New Caledonia.

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.

Blackfin Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus loxozonus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Red to yellow upper head and back, pale below; numerous pale thin stripes run from head to tail, large diagonal black area across tail base; ventral fin and border of anal fin black.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reef slopes in 3-40m.
Location: Pacific - Vietnam to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.