WoRMS taxon details
Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
218934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218934)
accepted
Species
Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Cossyphus latro De Vis, 1885 · unaccepted
Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted
Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) · unaccepted
Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1834). Poissons. <em>In: Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe," exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-29, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris. Zoologie.</em> Vol. 3 (Pt 2): 645-720, pls 1-4, 7, 10-12, 14-15, 19-20 [Plates in Atlas Zoologie (v. 1). pl. 5 mentioned in the text but not included in the Atlas]. [details]
Description Inhabits the vicinity of coral and rocky reefs, often over sand or rubble in deeper waters. Feeds mainly on benthic...
Description Inhabits the vicinity of coral and rocky reefs, often over sand or rubble in deeper waters. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans (Ref. 9823). An excellent food fish (Ref. 3132). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218934 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1834). Poissons. <em>In: Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe," exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-29, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris. Zoologie.</em> Vol. 3 (Pt 2): 645-720, pls 1-4, 7, 10-12, 14-15, 19-20 [Plates in Atlas Zoologie (v. 1). pl. 5 mentioned in the text but not included in the Atlas]. [details]
original description (of Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883) De Vis, C. W. (1883). Description of new genera and species of Australian fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 8 (pt 2): 283-289.
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). On a new fish from Moreton Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 144-147.
page(s): 146 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883) De Vis, C. W. (1883). Description of new genera and species of Australian fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 8 (pt 2): 283-289.
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). On a new fish from Moreton Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 144-147.
page(s): 146 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
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Unreviewed
Description Inhabits the vicinity of coral and rocky reefs, often over sand or rubble in deeper waters. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans (Ref. 9823). An excellent food fish (Ref. 3132). [details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus latro De Vis, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bodianus perditio)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus latro De Vis, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883)
To FishBase images (Bodianus perditio, New Caledonia, by Dubosc, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus perditio RAD116993-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus perditio USNM 438465 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus latro De Vis, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bodianus perditio)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus latro De Vis, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus aurifer De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Trochocopus sanguinolentus De Vis, 1883)
To FishBase images (Bodianus perditio, New Caledonia, by Dubosc, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Labrus perditio Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus perditio RAD116993-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus perditio USNM 438465 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS