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Species Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Goldspot Pigfish, Golden-spot Hogfish, Golden-spot Pig-fish, Golden-spot Pigfish, Golden-spot Wrasse, Goldenspot Hogfish, Goldspot Hogfish, Goldspot Pigfish, Orange Threadfin Tuskfish

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

While previously thought to be a wide ranging Indo-Pacific species, recent work has recognised three separate species. Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) in the west-central Pacific, B. solatus Gomon 2006 in the eastern Indian Ocean, and B. atrolumbus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839, previously synonymised with B. perditio) from the western Indian Ocean (see Gomon 2006, Randall & Victor, 2013).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

One Tree Island, QLD (23°30'S, 152°05'E) to Watsons Bay, Sydney, NSW (33°50'S, 151°16'E) and possibly south to Montague Island, NSW (36°S, 150°E) as juveniles, also Lord Howe Island, Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, and Norfolk Island, records from WA are of a similar, recently described species (see Introduction); tropical, western-central Pacific (antiequatorial)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

9 - 50 m.

 

General References

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. [1375]

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 [87]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [269]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [322] (as Lepidaplois perditio (in part), L. latro and Trochocopus sanguinolentus)

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [394]

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. [301]

Randall, J.E. & Victor, B.C. 2013. Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes 1839), a valid species of labrid fish from the southwest Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 8: 44-61 [51]

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. [3412]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [52] (1762 as Lepidaplois perditio (in part), 1764 as L. latro and 1765 as Trochocopus sanguinolentus)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [424] (Golden-spot Wrasse)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [269] (Golden-spot Pigfish)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [296] (Golden-spot Pig-fish)

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. [301] (Goldspot Hogfish)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [256] (Orange Threadfin Tuskfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Perth : Western Australian Museum 201 pp. 70 pls. [112]) (Goldspot Pigfish)

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. [3412] (FAO) (Goldenspot Hogfish)

Fishbase - Bodianus perditio. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7734&GenusName=Bodianus&SpeciesName=perditio&StockCode=8044 (2 Dec 2011) (Golden-spot Hogfish, Goldspot Pigfish)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017 LABROIDEI 05-Jun-2017 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
02-Dec-2011 MODIFIED