''Bodianus perditio'', the golden-spot hogfish, is a species of

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found in the Pacific Ocean.

Description

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish is named for ruin or destruction, referring to precarious position of the corvette ''

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'', which stranded on the reefs of Tonga in the South Pacific. Quoy facing the “perdition” in which the ship, the crew and all the specimens that had been collected would be lost, resolutely stuck to the work of illustrating this species. The ship, the crew and the illustration survived but the type specimen did not. name = ETYFish>

References

perditio Fish of the Pacific Ocean Taxa named by Jean René Constant Quoy Taxa named by Joseph Paul Gaimard Fish described in 1834 {{Labridae-stub