''Bodianus neilli'', the Bay of Bengal hogfish, is a species of

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in the

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Labridae. It is found in the Indian Ocean in reefs off the coasts of the Maldives, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Thailand, although records from the Maldives are doubtful. ''Bodianus neilli'' was described as ''Cossyphus neilli'' in 1867 by

Francis Day Francis Talbot Day (2 March 1829 – 10 July 1889) was an army surgeon and naturalist in the Madras Presidency who later became the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma. A pioneer ichthyologist, he described more than three hund ...

with the type locality given as

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. The specific name honours Day's friend, A.G Brisbane Neill.

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*http://www.fishbase.org/summary/25412 {{Taxonbar, from=Q2412311 neilli Fish of Thailand Taxa named by Francis Day Fish described in 1867