Bodianus neopercularis, is a species of

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Labridae which is native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Indo-West Pacific, particularly the

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.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. A record of ''

Bodianus opercularis ''Bodianus opercularis'', the blackspot hogfish, is a species of wrasse. It is found in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba in the north to Madagascar and Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauriti ...

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has now been reidentified as this species.

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* neopercularis Taxa named by Martin F. Gomon Fish described in 2006 {{Labridae-stub

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