Bodianus

Bodianus
Temporal range:
Middle Miocene to present
Bodianus loxozonus
Bodianus perditio
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Tribe: Hypsigenyini
Genus: Bodianus
Bloch, 1790
Type species
Bodianus bodianus
Bloch, 1790
Synonyms
List
  • Chaeropsodes Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909
  • Cheiliopsis Steindachner 1863
  • Cossyphus Valenciennes, 1839
  • Diastodon Bowdich, 1825
  • Euhypsocara Gill, 1863
  • Gymnopropoma Gill, 1863
  • Harpe Lacepède, 1802
  • Lepidaplois Gill, 1862
  • Paralepidaplois Gomon, 2006
  • Peneverreo Gomon, 2006
  • Pimelometopon T. N. Gill, 1864
  • PriobodianusGomon, 2006
  • Pseudolepidaplois Bauchot & Blanc, 1961
  • Ronchifex Gistel, 1848
  • Semicossyphus Günther, 1861
  • Trochocopus Günther, 1862
  • Verreo Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  • Verriculus Jordan & Evermann, 1903

Bodianus is a genus of fish in the family of wrasses, the Labridae, which are commonly known as hogfishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species have many parasites.