Splitlevel hogfish

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Author: Divervincent This photo was taken by Vincent C. Chen, a Taiwanese recreational diver and free diver who dedicate to underwater photograp

The Splitlevel hogfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 5 - 40 m , usually 5 - 20 m environment.

Bodianus mesothorax, or splitlevel hogfish, is a hogfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length. More

Common names

Baga-baga in Tagalog
Balaki in Ilokano
Bankilan in Tagalog
Banog in Other
Bayan in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Black-belt hogfish in English
Blackbelt hogfish in English
Bodianus mesothorax in Catalan (Català)
Bungat in Tagalog
Coral hogfish in English
Danlugan in Other
Eclipse hogfish in English
eclipse pigfish in English
Hogfish biasa in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Isdang bato in Tagalog
Kesagakebera in Japanese (日本語)
Labayan in Other
Labayan in Waray-waray
Lakoy in Cebuano
Lampalampa in Other
Lubay-lubay in Other
Lubayan in Waray-waray
Lulukdayan in Tagbanwa Calamian
Mameng in Tagalog
Maringyan in Bikol
Mesothorax hogfish in English
Molmol in Other
Mul-mul in Davawenyo
Pilo-pilo in Other
Piluk in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug
Piluk in Tagalog
Pirat-pirat in Other
Sortbæltet svinefisk in Danish (dansk)
Split-level hogfish in English
Splitlevel hogfish in English
Tamago in Visayan
Tausay in Other
Verde verde in Ilokano
中胸普提魚 in Mandarin Chinese
中胸普提鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
中胸狐鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
中胸狐鲷 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Labridae
Genus : Bodianus
Species : Bodianus mesothorax
Authority : Bloch and Schneider, 1801