genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
family
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Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
,
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
and
Pacific Ocean
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. These
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
have many
parasites
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...
.
Species
There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:
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Bodianus albotaeniatus
''Bodianus albotaeniatus'', the Hawaiian hogfish, is a species of wrasse native to the Hawaiian Islands. This species occurs on reef slopes at depths of from with the adults being found in deeper waters than the juveniles. This species can r ...
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1839)
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Bodianus anthioides
The lyretail hogfish (''Bodianus anthioides''), also known as the lyretail pigfish, is a species of wrasse from the genus ''Bodianus''. The fish can be found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to Tuamotu. The adults occur along the seaward ed ...
Bodianus atrolumbus
''Bodianus atrolumbus'', the pale-bar hogfish, is a species of wrasse from the genus Bodianus. The fish lives in the Western Indian Pacific between the Mascarene Islands and the coast of Southeast Africa. It's a tropical reef inhabitant that ...
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
Bodianus axillaris
''Bodianus axillaris'', the axilspot hogfish, coral pigfish or turncoat hogfish, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific.
Description
The axilspot hogfish is sexually dimorphic with the adult males being coloured reddish-brown on th ...
Bodianus bathycapros
Bodianus bathycapros, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean, particularly the Hawaiian Islands.Gomon, Martin F. "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new specie ...
Bodianus bennetti
The lemon-striped pygmy hogfish (''Bodianus bennetti'') is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. This species is found on reefs in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland and in French Polynesia.
Description
The ...
Bodianus bilunulatus
''Bodianus bilunulatus'', the tarry hogfish, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the African coast to the western Pacific Ocean to Japan, New Caledonia, and the Philippines.
Habitat
This species occurs on reef slopes at depths ...
Bodianus bimaculatus
The twospot hogfish (''Bodianus bimaculatus'') is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific from Madagascar to New Caledonia and from Japan to New Zealand. This species prefers areas of reefs with substrates of rubble or sand at depths from ...
Bodianus busellatus
''Bodianus busellatus'' is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the south central Pacific, particularly the Marquesas Islands.Gomon, Martin F. "A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eigh ...
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
Bodianus insularis
''Bodianus insularis'', the island hogfish, is a species of wrasse.
It is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Ea ...
Lubbock
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Yoshino Yoshino may refer to:
* Yoshino cherry, another name for ''Prunus × yedoensis'', a flowering cherry tree
* Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Places
* Yoshino, Nara, a town ...
Bodianus loxozonus
''Bodianus'' or the hogfishes is a genus of fish in the family Labridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species have many parasites.
Species
There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Bodianus albotaenia ...
Bodianus macrourus
The Black-banded hogfish (''Bodianus macrourus'') is a species of wrasse from the genus Bodianus. It is restricted to a small area in the Western Indian Ocean. The only known locations are Mauritius, Réunion and St. Brandon
It is highly ...
Bodianus masudai
''Bodianus masudai'' is a species of wrasse. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.
Description
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Hajime Masuda (1921–2005) of the University of Tokyo
, abbreviat ...
Yoshino Yoshino may refer to:
* Yoshino cherry, another name for ''Prunus × yedoensis'', a flowering cherry tree
* Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Places
* Yoshino, Nara, a town ...
Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
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* (1859-1914), French rabbi
*Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
*Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor journal ...
Bodianus neilli
''Bodianus neilli'', the Bay of Bengal hogfish, is a species of wrasse in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The ...
Bodianus perditio
''Bodianus'' or the hogfishes is a genus of fish in the family Labridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species have many parasites.
Species
There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Bodianus albotaenia ...
Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
Bodianus pulchellus
The spotfin hogfish or Cuban hogfish (''Bodianus pulchellus'') is a species of wrasse native to the Atlantic Ocean, where it is mainly found from North Carolina, United States, through the Caribbean to Brazil. It has also been recorded from São ...
Bodianus rufus
The Spanish hogfish, ''Bodianus rufus'', is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean, where it can be found from North Carolina and Bermuda through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. It inhabits coral or ro ...
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Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758) (Spanish hogfish)
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Bodianus sanguineus
''Bodianus sanguineus'', the sunrise wrasse, is a species of wrasse found in Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. ...
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
Bodianus trilineatus
''Bodianus trilineatus'', the fourline hogfish, is a species of wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divi ...