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Bodianus diana (Lacepède, 1801)

Diana's hogfish
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Philippines country information

Common names: Balaki, Bankilan, Banog
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Outside distributional range; reports in the country refer to B. dictynna (Ref. 75973).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gomon, M.F., 2006
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Common names from other countries

Labre Diane, Vieja diana, Diana's pigfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Bodianinae
Etymology: Bodianus: Bodianus after Bodiano or Pudiano, from the Portuguese pudor, meaning modesty (Jordan & Evermann, 1896).;  diana: Named for Diana, the goddess of the chase and the moon, an allusion to the beautiful coloration and form of the species (Ref. 75973).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 6 - 80 m (Ref. 90102), usually 6 - 25 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 26°N - 34°S, 19°E - 106°E

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