WoRMS taxon details
Bodianus vulpinus (Richardson, 1850)
273546 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273546)
accepted
Species
Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850) Richardson, J. (1850). Notices of Australian fish. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850.</em> (pt 18) (art. 1) (for 9 Apr. 1850): 58-77, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bodianus vulpinus (Richardson, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273546 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850) Richardson, J. (1850). Notices of Australian fish. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850.</em> (pt 18) (art. 1) (for 9 Apr. 1850): 58-77, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bodianus vulpinus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus vulpinus FIN029394 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus vulpinus FIN029395 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bodianus vulpinus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cossyphus vulpinus Richardson, 1850)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus vulpinus FIN029394 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus vulpinus FIN029395 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS