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Asian Sheepshead Wrasse
Bodianus reticulatus
The Asian sheephead wrasse (Bodianus reticulatus), also known as kobudai (瘤鯛 or コブダイ) in Japan, is one of the largest species of wrasse. Native to the western Pacific Ocean, it inhabits rocky reef areas and prefers temperate waters around the Korean Peninsula, China and Japan (including the Ogasawara Islands). It can reach 100 cm (39 in) in total length, and the greatest weight recorded is 14.7 kg (32 lb).
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1439807.