| Citation | Gomon, M.F., 2006, A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species.. Rec. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 30:1-133. |
| Ref. | Gomon, M.F., 2006 |
| Page | 67;fig.6b,41-32;pl.6H-I; |
| Named Used as Valid | Bodianus mesothorax |
| Comment | Evidently excluded from the oceanic mid-Pacific plate; tab.2-3. |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Pacific between Wakayama Pref., Japan and Sydney, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. Indian Ocean, western coast of Malaysia and Indonesia, and at least in the Nicobars at the edge of the Andaman Sea. |
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