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Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino, 1975

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Common names: Shima-kitsunebera
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Shizuoka Pref., off Izu Oceanic Park (Ref. 35918). Reported from Izu, Shirahama of Wakayama Pref. and the Ryukyu Is.; including Amami-Oshima (Ref. 559, 43239, 75973).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

益田氏狐鲷, 益田普提鱼, Shima-kitsunebera, ... 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).;  masudai: Named for Hajime Masuda, collector and co-authored the study re this species (Ref. 75973).

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 30 - 113 m (Ref. 75973).   Subtropical

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