Biology:Bodianus perditio

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Short description: Species of fish

Bodianus perditio
Bodianus perditio JNC2165.JPG
Scientific classification edit
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
  • Cossyphus aurifer Labrus perditio
  • Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • De Vis, 1884 Cossyphus latro
  • Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1885
  • Lepidaplois perditio De Vis, 1883

Bodianus perditio, the golden-spot hogfish, is a species of wrasse found in the Pacific Ocean.[2]

Description

This species reaches a length of 80.0 cm (31.5 in).[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus perditio". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187781A8628520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187781A8628520.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/187781/8628520. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Bodianus perditio" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. name = ETYFish>"Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/labriformes1/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2180893 entry