Red pigfish
| Red pigfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. unimaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus unimaculatus (Günther, 1862) | |
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The red pigfish, Bodianus unimaculatus, is a species of wrasse native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from eastern Australia to New Zealand, including Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands. It inhabits reefs and offshore waters, where it occurs from the surface to 60 m (200 ft) deep. Males of this species can reach a length of 50 cm (20 in), while females only reach 30 cm (12 in).[2]
References
- ↑ Russell, B. 2010. Bodianus unimaculatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 November 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Bodianus unimaculatus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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