title: Bodianus
text: # Bodianus
  
  Bodianus or the hogfishes is a genus of fish in the family Labridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species have many parasites.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Bodianus albotaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  * Bodianus anthioides (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Lyre-tail hogfish)
  * Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Pale-bar hogfish)
  * Bodianus axillaris (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Axil-spot hogfish)
  * Bodianus bathycapros M. F. Gomon, 2006
  * Bodianus bennetti M. F. Gomon & F. M. Walsh, 2016 (Lemon-striped pygmy hogfish)
  * Bodianus bilunulatus (Lacépède, 1801) (Tarry hogfish)
  * Bodianus bimaculatus G. R. Allen, 1973 (Two-spot hogfish)
  * Bodianus busellatus M. F. Gomon, 2006
  * Bodianus cylindriatus (S. Tanaka (I), 1930)
  * Bodianus diana (Lacépède, 1801) (Diana's hogfish)
  * Bodianus dictynna M. F. Gomon, 2006 (Red-fin hogfish)
  * Bodianus diplotaenia (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Mexican hogfish)
  * Bodianus eclancheri (Valenciennes, 1846) (Harlequin hogfish)
  * Bodianus flavifrons M. F. Gomon, 2001 (Masked hogfish)
  * Bodianus flavipinnis M. F. Gomon, 2001 (Yellow-fin hofish)
  * Bodianus frenchii (Klunzinger, 1879) (Fox hogfish)
  * Bodianus insularis M. F. Gomon & Lubbock, 1980 (Island hogfish)
  * Bodianus izuensis Araga & Yoshino, 1975 (Striped hogfish)
  * Bodianus leucosticticus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Lined hogfish)
  * Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908) (Black-fin hogfish)
  * Bodianus macrognathos (R. E. Morris, 1974) (Giant hogfish)
  * Bodianus macrourus (Lacépède, 1801) (Black-banded hogfish)
  * Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino, 1975
  * Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Split-level hogfish)
  * Bodianus neilli (F. Day, 1867) (Bay of Bengal hogfish)
  * Bodianus neopercularis M. F. Gomon, 2006
  * Bodianus opercularis (Guichenot, 1847) (Black-spot hogfish)
  * Bodianus oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1862)
  * Bodianus paraleucosticticus M. F. Gomon, 2006
  * Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Golden-spot hogfish)
  * Bodianus prognathus Lobel, 1981
  * Bodianus pulchellus (Poey, 1860) (Spot-fin hogfish)
  * Bodianus rubrisos M. F. Gomon, 2006 (Red-sashed hogfish)
  * Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spanish hogfish)
  * Bodianus sanguineus (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Sunrise hogfish)
  * Bodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Barred hogfish)
  * Bodianus sepiacaudus M. F. Gomon, 2006 (Crescent-tail hogfish)
  * Bodianus solatus M. F. Gomon, 2006
  * Bodianus speciosus (S. Bowdich, 1825) (Black-bar hogfish)
  * Bodianus tanyokidus M. F. Gomon & Madden, 1981
  * Bodianus thoracotaeniatus Yamamoto, 1982
  * Bodianus trilineatus (Fowler, 1934) (Four-line hogfish)
  * Bodianus unimaculatus (Günther, 1862) (Red hogfish)
  * Bodianus vulpinus (J. Richardson, 1850) (Western hogfish)
  