Axilspot hogfish, Bodianus axillaris, belongs to the Labridae family of marine fish. Adult fish are about 20 centimeters long, red-brown anteriorly, and white posteriorly. Juveniles are black with two rows of large white spots. It has a large dark sport on the pectoral fin base, on the soft dorsal fin

Dorsal fin

A dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of various unrelated marine and freshwater vertebrates, including most fishes, marine mammals , and the ichthyosaurs...

 and on the anal fin. The species is mainly in the Indo-Pacific

Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...

 and it is also an aquarium fish

Aquarium fish

In fishkeeping, species of aquarium fish vary with the water chemistry of the aquarium.For species of fish found in particular types of aquaria, see:*List of brackish aquarium fish species*List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species...

. It mainly feeds on benthic hard-shell invertebrates.