# 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.

## Taxonomy

Bodianus belongs to the wrasse tribe Hypsigenyini.
The three species B. darwini, B. pulcher, and B. reticulatus, commonly called the sheephead wrasses, have traditionally formed their own genus Semicossyphus. Although at least the latter two species form a monophyletic lineage with each other, Semicossyphus has subsequently been synonymized with Bodianus, as molecular phylogenetics found that Semicossyphus is nested deep within Bodianus.
Similarly, Clepticus parrae and likely all Clepticus species also nest within Bodianus.
Gomon (2006) split up the species in Bodianus amongst 10 subgenera. However, these sub-classifications of Bodianus only roughly line up with findings of more recent phylogenetic analyses.

## 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 darwini (Jenyns, 1842) (Galápagos sheephead, goldspot sheepshead)
* 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 pulcher (Ayres, 1854) (California sheephead)
* Bodianus reticulatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Asian sheepshead wrasse)
* 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)