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Bay of Bengal hogfish
Bodianus neilli
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bay of Bengal hogfish
- Scientific
- Bodianus neilli
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 30 m (usually 10 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2008
Description
A hogfish reaching about 20 cm that lives on shallow coastal and turbid lagoon reefs in the Indian Ocean.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Bodianus-neilli.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bodianus_neillii.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.