Black fin pig wrasse
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Black fin pig wrasse ( Bodianus loxozonus ) |
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The black-finned pig wrasse ( Bodianus loxozonus ), often also called black-stripe wrasse or Trotters duke wrasse , occurs in the western and central Pacific at depths of 3 to 40 meters. There are two subspecies, the western B. loxozonus loxozonus lives from Vietnam , the Ryūkyū and Ogasawara Islands to the Marianas and the Marshall Islands . The distribution area of the eastern subspecies B. loxozonus trotteri extends from the Line Islands over the Marquesas , the Society Islands , Tuamotu to Rapa Iti .
features
The black fin pig wrasse can grow to be 47 centimeters long. Its body is light, reddish and has a fine vertical stripe pattern. A large black spot on the back of the back runs obliquely down to the lower rays of the caudal fin. With increasing age, the stain becomes increasingly narrow. Adult specimens are dark, reddish brown. All unpaired fins have black zones. It is often confused with Bodianus macrourus .
The long dorsal fin of the blackfin hoglipfish is supported by 12 hard rays and 9 to 11 soft rays, the anal fin has 3 hard and 11 to 12 soft rays.
Way of life
The black-finned pig wrasse inhabits clear lagoons , rocky and outer reefs as solitary animals . It mainly eats hard-shelled invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans .
literature
- Hans A. Baensch , Helmut Debelius, Horst Moosleitner: The common care of invertebrates and tropical marine fish in the aquarium. Mergus, Melle 1997, ISBN 3-88244-110-0 ( Sea Water Atlas. Volume 1).
- Dieter Eichler, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish. Central Indo-Pacific. Year, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-86132-225-0 .
- Ewald Lieske, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish of the world. Year, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-86132-112-2 .
Web links
- Black Fin hogfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Bodianus loxozonus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Russell, B., 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2014.