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Family
Labridae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Bodianus
bathycapros
Portlock, Oahu, 600 feet |
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HAWAIIAN PIGFISH
Rare at depths of 400 to 700 feet.
Attains 24 inches. Described as a new endemic species in 2006.
Previously known in Hawai'i
as Bodianus
oxycephalus (Japan) or Bodianus
vulpinus (Western Australia). Bodianus
unimaculatus occurs from SE Australia to Easter Island. |
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