Saddleback Hogfish Bodianus bilunulatus

The Saddleback Hogfish, also called the Tarry Hogfish, both after the black patch on the lower back, is a wrasse native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. It can grow to a length of 55cm.

It eats small crustaceans and fish from reef crevices. Juveniles are yellow with a much larger rear spot in proportion to size, fully covering the back of the dorsal fin to the rear of the anal fin.