Diana's hogfish
Bodianus diana
- Usual depth6–27 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Storm Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Diana's hogfish, Bodianus diana, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the African coast to the Nicobars and the Cocos-Keeling Islands. Reports of its presence in the western Pacific Ocean are erroneous. It occurs on the seaward side of reefs at depths from 6 to 50 m. It can reach a length of 16.9 cm (6.7 in). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is found in the aquarium trade.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 40 records
- February: 75 records
- March: 34 records
- April: 63 records
- May: 47 records
- June: 135 records
- July: 28 records
- August: 32 records
- September: 37 records
- October: 62 records
- November: 22 records
- December: 53 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–27 m · Deepest record: 42.7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Photos
(c) Lisa_James, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
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(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Diana's hogfish, Diana's Pigfish, Diana's Wrasse, Fourspot Hogfish, Indian Diana's Hogfish, Polkadot Grouper, Red Hogfish, three-eyed hogfish
Names in 8 more languages
- German
- Diana-Schweinslippfisch
- Spanish
- Doncella Diana, Vieja Diana
- Filipino
- Bankilan, Bunak, Isdang bato, Mameng
- French
- Labre Diane, Tamarin, Vieille Diane queue
- Japanese
- Montsukibera
- Korean
- 얼룩사당놀래기
- Thai
- ปลานกขุนทองหน้าหมูตัวแดง
- Simplified Chinese
- 三齒仔, 對斑寒鯛, 對斑狐鯛, 斑紋狐鯛, 日本婆仔, 紅娘仔, 鰭斑普提魚, 黃點龍
Other scientific names: Bodiana diana, Labrus diana, Lepidaplois aldabrensis, Lepidaplois diana
Similar species
Axilspot hogfishBodianus axillaris
False Diana's PigfishBodianus dictynna
Blackfin hogfishBodianus loxozonus
Black-belt HogfishBodianus mesothorax
- Black-banded hogfish
Bodianus macrourus
Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 660 open-data records from 1931 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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