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Diana's hogfish
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species: B. diana
Binomial name
Bodianus diana
(Lacépède, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Labrus diana Lacépède, 1801
  • Lepidaplois diana (Lacépède, 1801)
  • Lepidaplois aldabrensis J. L. B. Smith, 1956

Diana's hogfish, Bodianus diana, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the African coast to the Nicobars and the Cocos-Keeling Islands. Reports of its presence in the western Pacific Ocean are erroneous. It occurs on the seaward side of reefs at depths from 6 to 50 m (20 to 164 ft) (though rarely deeper than 25 m (82 ft)). It can reach a length of 16.9 cm (6.7 in). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is found in the aquarium trade.

Habitat

Diana's hogfish is generally found in the Indo-Pacific region including the Red Sea and East Africa towards the Marshall Islands. Juveniles have been observed living among the tentacles of the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis.

Diet

Diana's hogfish feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans. Juveniles are known to remove parasites from other fishes.

Utilization

This species is collected for the aquarium trade.

References

  1. ^ Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus diana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187587A8575387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187587A8575387.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bodianus diana". FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. Diana's hogfish's habitat
  4. Bos, A.R. & B.W. Hoeksema (2015). "Cryptobenthic fishes and co-inhabiting shrimps associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Fungiidae) in the Davao Gulf, Philippines". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98 (6): 1479–1489. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0. S2CID 14834695.
  5. Bos, A.R. (2012). "Fishes (Gobiidae and Labridae) associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) in the Philippines". Coral Reefs. 31 (1): 133. doi:10.1007/s00338-011-0834-3.

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Taxon identifiers
Bodianus diana
Labrus diana


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