Bodianus perditio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species:
B. perditio
Binomial name
Bodianus perditio
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883
  • Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884
  • Cossyphus latro De Vis, 1885

Bodianus perditio, the golden-spot hogfish, is a species of wrasse. It is found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 80.0 cm (31.5 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named for ruin or destruction, referring to precarious position of the corvette Astrolabe, which stranded on the reefs of Tonga in the South Pacific. Quoy facing the “perdition” in which the ship, the crew and all the specimens that had been collected would be lost, resolutely stuck to the work of illustrating this species. The ship, the crew and the illustration survived but the type specimen did not.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gomon, M.F., 2006. A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 30:1-133.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Bodianus perditio" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ name = ETYFish>Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 February 2023.


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