Black-belt Hogfish

About this species

Bodianus mesothorax, the split-level hogfish, blackbelt hogfish, coral hogfish, eclipse hogfish, eclipse pigfish, mesothorax hogfish or yellow-spotted hogfish, is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 79 records
February: 70 records
March: 96 records
April: 101 records
May: 90 records
June: 136 records
July: 100 records
August: 61 records
September: 82 records
October: 176 records
November: 85 records
December: 83 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–20 m · Deepest record: 39 m

0–10 m: 236 records
10–20 m: 132 records
20–30 m: 36 records
30–40 m: 7 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 13 records
26–28 °C: 186 records
28–30 °C: 167 records

Photos

(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Black-belt Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish, Coral Hogfish, Eclipse hogfish, eclipse pigfish, Eclipse Pig-fish, Mesothorax Hogfish, Split-level Hogfish, Splitlevel Hogfish, Splitlevel pigfish, Yellow-spotted Hogfish

Names in 6 more languages

German: Schwarzkeil-Schweinslippfisch
Spanish: Doncella Crepuscular
Filipino: Bankilan, Bunak, Bungat, Isdang bato, Mameng
French: Labre amiral
Japanese: Kesagakebera, ケサガケベラ
Simplified Chinese: 三色龍, 三齒仔, 中胸寒鯛, 中胸普提魚, 中胸狐鯛, 日本婆仔, 粗鱗沙, 紅娘仔

Other scientific names: Bodianus meosthorax, Labrus mesothorax, Lepidaplois mesothorax, Scarus mordax

Similar species

Axilspot hogfish
Bodianus axillaris
Diana's hogfish
Bodianus diana
False Diana's Pigfish
Bodianus dictynna
Blackfin hogfish
Bodianus loxozonus
Black-banded hogfish
Bodianus macrourus
Checkerboard wrasse
Halichoeres hortulanus

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).
873 open-data records from 1909 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.