Bodianus rubrisos, the red-sashed hogfish or morsecode pigfish, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Indo-West Pacific, particularly Japan, Taiwan and Indonesia.[2] It has been recorded off Australia at Scott Reef in Western Australia and in the Arafura Sea off the Northern Territory.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. rubrisos
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| Bodianus rubrisos Gomon, 2006
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Etymology
editThe specific name is a compound of the Latin rubri meaning "red" and the letters s, o and s, a reference to the dot and dash morse code like colour pattern which is distinctive for this species.[4]
References
edit- ^ Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus rubrisos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187597A8577353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187597A8577353.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Gomon, Martin F. "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species." Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 30 (2006): 1-133.
- ^ Gomon, M.F. (2016). "Bodianus rubrisos". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bodianus rubrisos". FishBase. August 2019 version.
Further reading
edit- RANDALL, JOHN E., and BENJAMIN C. VICTOR. "Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes 1839), a valid species of labrid fish from the southwest Indian Ocean."
External links
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