twospot hogfish
Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Bodianus bimaculatus in an aquarium060916 M's Aquarium 26
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Open encyclopedia reference
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 30 to 60 m (98 to 197 ft). This species can reach a length of 10 cm (3.9 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Twospot hogfish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:12:13.285220+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973
- Name authority
- Allen, 1973
- Common name
- twospot hogfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Bodianus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyHypsigenyinae Günther, 1861
- tribeClepticini Bleeker, 1862
- genusBodianus Bloch, 1790
- speciesBodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bodianus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bodianus paraleucosticticus Gomon, 2006 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barred hogfishBodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus macrolepidotus Bloch, 1790 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus albotaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| axilspot hogfishBodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1832) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus busellatus Gomon, 2006 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus eclancheri (Valenciennes, 1846) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus flavifrons Gomon, 2001 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus frenchii (Klunzinger, 1879) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fourline hogfishBodianus leucosticticus (Bennett, 1832) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| giant hogfishBodianus macrognathos (Morris, 1974) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Allen, G. R. (1973). Bodianus bimaculatus, a new species of wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from the Palau Archipelago. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 86 (32): 385–389. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:M8R2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.