| Citation | Randall, J.E., 2005, Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands.. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. |
| Ref. | 54980 Randall, J.E., 2005 |
| Page | 395 |
| Named Used as Valid | Bodianus perditio |
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| Locality | Tongatapu. |
| Distribution | Northwestern Australia; Taiwan and southern Japan in the north; southern Tuamotu Archipelago and Rapa to New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, and New South Wales in the south;also in southern Africa and the Mascarene Islands. |
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