Bodianus unimaculatus (Günther, 1862)

Eastern Pigfish

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d79a62c0-d798-4025-8fdc-d99c910e1b1a

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Bodianus unimaculatus
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
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Description

Young Pigfish are pinkish with thin stripes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Pigfish are pink with thin stripes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head. The lines fade as the fish ages. Males are red above with a pinkish to white region on the sides. There is a black blotch on the dorsal fin spines. source: OZ Animals

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Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Bodianus unimaculatus

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Cossyphus unimaculatus Günther, 1862
Published in: Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum London : British Museum Vol. 4 pp. 534 pp.
Cossyphus bellis Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887
Published in: Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1887. Descriptions of new Australian fishes. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 2 Vol. 2 (3) pp. 561-564

Common Names

Common name Source
Eastern Blackspot Pigfish
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Eastern Pigfish
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Pigfish
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Banded Pig-fish
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Black-spot Pig-fish
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Red Pigfish
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Reddish Blackspot Pigfish
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
LABROIDEI
family
LABRIDAE
subfamily
Labrinae
genus
Bodianus
species
Bodianus unimaculatus  Recorded in Australia

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