Species Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973

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• Bodianus bimaculatus 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): 385-390 fig. 1 [385, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 12444, Palau Islands, 42 m.
  Paratype(s) AM I.16763–001 2 specimens; BPBM 12445 2 specimens; USNM 208347.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Barrow Island (20°12'S, 115°08'E, Museum Victoria specimen) and possibly Scott Reef (14°03'S, 121°49'E) WA, and Escape Reef (15°49'S) to Arlington Reef (16°42'S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

30 - 60 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [180]

Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006. Labridae: Labrinae. pp. 1368-1418 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1373]

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [637]

Gomon, M.F. 2006. A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 30: 1-133 [24]

Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97 [5]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [299]

Randall, J.E., Myers, R.F., Trevor, M.N., Johnson, S.R., Johnson, J.L., Yoshi, Y. & Greene, B.D. 2005. Ninety-one new records of fishes from the Marshall Islands. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 9(3): 115-132 [126]

Westneat, M.W. 2001. Labridae. pp. 3381-3467 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3400]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [180] (Twospot Pigfish)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [299] (Twospot Hogfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Twospot Pigfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	LABROIDEI	03-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED