NEW RECORD OF INDONESIAN PIGFISH, BODIANUS IZUENSIS ARAGA AND YOSHINO, 1975, AND B. MASUDAI ARAGA AND YOSHINO, 1975 (PERCIFORMES: LABRIDAE), FROM NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA

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  • Teguh Peristiwad Technical Implementation Unit for Marine Biota Conservation, Indonesian Institute of Sciences
  • Petrus Christianus Makatipu Technical Implementation Unit for Marine Biota Conservation, Indonesian Institute of SciencesTandurusa, Bitung 95527, North Sulawesi, IndonesiaE-mail: ikan_teguh@yahoo.comReceived: February 2011Accepted: December 2011ABsTRACTOne specimen of Bodianus izuensis Araga and Yoshino, 1975, andthree specimens of B. masudai Araga and Yoshino, 1975, were obtained from fish markets in Bitung and Kema, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, between March–July 2009. The specimens were caught from depths of about 20–30 m at coral reef ecosystem around Lembeh Island and Kema. This is the first record of these species in Indonesian waters. Morphological features, diagnostic characters, and distribution are discussed and illustrated, and color photographs of the species are presented. Keywords: Bodianus izuensis, B. masudai, Labridae, Indonesia.INTRoduCTIoNLabridae commonly known as wrasse consist of about 57 genera and 575 species (Parenti and Randall, 2000) is one of the most dominant fish families in Indonesia and its adjacent waters. Wrasses are small to medium-sized marine fishes, mostly tropical, associated with coral reefs; some species have a warm temperate distribution. One of the genera in the Labridae is Bodianus, character-ized by the possession of a prominent frontal shelf on the neurocranium, posteriorly roofing a distinct medial ethmoid-frontal depression, and a sharply angled anteroventral profile of the dentary with an interdigitating joint at the symphysis (Gomon, 2006). Although most species of Bodianus are found in relatively shallow waters a few live in greater depths (Gomon, 2006), such as Bodianussp. recorded by ROV Fukushima Aquarium in more than 150 m at Manado, North Sulawesi (Iwata, pers. comm.) and Bodianus masudaicollected from rocky reefs at 30–113 m depth (Gomon, 2006). Most labrids are protogynous hermaphrodites and have three distinct colour patterns correspond-ing with age and sexual development. Gomon (2006) described the ancestral color pattern of Bodianus as follows: “juveniles darkly pigmented with 5 or 6 narrow pale bands on the body posterior to the head; a prominent black spot anteriorly and posteriorly on dorsal fin, a third somewhat centrally on the fleshy caudal-fin base, a fourth posteriorly on the anal fin, a fifth on the fleshy pectoral-fin base and a sixth on the pelvic fin; initial-phase adults with red, horizontal stripes; initial- and terminal-phase adults with vermicula-tions around the eye”. Thefirst specimen of Bodianus Bloch, 1790 (type species Bodianus bodianus) species is collected from Fish Market, Jakarta, by Hardenberg and Hubbs on 6 May 1929 and now is deposited at University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (Eschmeyer, 2012). The genus Bodianus, one of the genera in the family Labridae, comprises 43 species representing 10 subgenera, with the greatest diversity in the Indo-West Pacific (Gomon, 2006). Mar. Res. Indonesia Vol. 37, No. 1, 2012: 1−7DOI : 10.14203/mri.v37i1.30
  • Karel Takaendengan Technical Implementation Unit for Marine Biota Conservation, Indonesian Institute of Sciences

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https://doi.org/10.14203/mri.v37i1.30

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Bodianus izuensis, B. masudai, Labridae, Indonesia

Abstract

One specimen of Bodianus izuensis Araga and Yoshino, 1975, and three specimens of B. masudai Araga and Yoshino, 1975, were obtained from fish markets in Bitung and Kema, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, between March–July 2009. The specimens were caught from depths of about 20–30 m at coral reef ecosystem around Lembeh Island and Kema. This is the first record of these species in Indonesian waters. Morphological features, diagnostic characters, and distribution are discussed and illustrated, and color photographs of the species are presented.

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2026-01-08

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