- Source: Bodianus dictynna
Bodianus dictynna, is a species of wrasse native to tropical and warm temperate waters of the Western Pacific, from the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago east to Tonga, as far north as Japan and as far south as Australia. It is most frequently recorded in association with living coral reefs and the juvenile fish usually occur near black coral and gorgonians, although they sometimes are found in caves near the ceiling. It feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans. The juveniles regularly behave as cleaner fish, removing parasites from other fish. The specific name dictynna is an alternative name for Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting, and refers to the close relationship between this species and Bodianus diana of the Indian Ocean, and a proposed common name of Pacific Diana's pigfish also reflects this relationship.
References
Further reading
RANDALL, JOHN E., and BENJAMIN C. VICTOR. "Bodianus atrolumbus (Valenciennes 1839), a valid species of labrid fish from the southwest Indian Ocean."
Chen, Jeng-Ping, and Hsin-Drow Huang. "A Cleaning Station Composed of Cleaner Shrimp and High Fish Diversity in a Coral Reef in Kenting, Southern Taiwan."
External links
"Bodianus dictynna". The Encyclopedia of Life.
Photos of Bodianus dictynna on Sealife Collection