Palebar hogfish
(Bodianus atrolumbus)
General data
Scientific names:
Palebar hogfish
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climate:
Tropical
Distribution:
Indian ocean
Bodianus atrolumbus, the pale-bar hogfish, is a species of wrasse from the genus Bodianus.
The fish lives in the Western Indian ocean between the Mascarene Islands and the coast of Southeast Africa.
It grows to a length of 30 centimetres.
The fish looks similar to his family member Bodianus perditio but has more yellow or golden colours. Both species have the typical white line with the large black spot behind it.
