Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12. This species is distinguished by the following characters: predorsal scales 18-19, reaching forward barely beyond above center of eye on dorsal midline of head; total gill rakers 15-17; dorsal fin with long spines, the first spine 7.8-8.1% SL, second spine 9.5-10.3% SL, and 12th spine 15.0-16.7% SL; anal fin's first spine 6.6-8.8% SL and third spine 15.1-17.7% SL; short maximum body length (longest specimen known 100 mm SL); sides of body with 4 narrow red stripes becoming yellow posteriorly and fifth stripe ventrally yellow; prominent black spot on fleshy pectoral-fin base; prominent black spot covering most of anterior end of dorsal fin between first and fourth spines (Ref. 75973).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Bodianus

Species: Bodianus paraleucosticticus Gomon, 2006

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Pacific: Rarotonga and Papua New Guinea; and a photo taken in New Caledonia.

Biology

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless