Bodianus anthioides, Adult, Red Sea, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Bodianus anthioides, Juvenile, Red Sea, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Red-brown front half of body sharply divided from white rear of body with small red and brown spots, large delicate tail with dark streaks on upper and lower lobes which continue onto tail base.
Information
Max Size: 24 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 21.0-30.8°C
Depth: 6-60m
Habitat: Coral Reef
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation
IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Infrequent (1% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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