| Axilspot hogfish | |
|---|---|
| Bodianus axillaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. axillaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus axillaris |
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Axilspot hogfish, Bodianus axillaris, belongs to the Labridae family of marine fish. Adult fish are about 20 centimeters long, red-brown anteriorly, and white posteriorly. Juveniles are black with two rows of large white spots. It has a large dark sport on the pectoral fin base, on the soft dorsal fin and on the anal fin. The species is mainly in the Indo-Pacific and it is also an aquarium fish.[1] It mainly feeds on benthic hard-shell invertebrates.[2]