| Spanish hogfish | |
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| Adult | |
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| Juvenile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. rufus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
The Spanish hogfish, Bodianus rufus, is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean, where it can be found from southern Florida and Bermuda through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. It inhabits coral or rock reefs at depths of 1 to 70 m (3.3 to 229.7 ft). While the adults feed on such prey as molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms (brittle stars and sea urchins), the juveniles act as cleaner fishes. This species can reach a length of 40 cm (16 in), though most do not exceed 28 cm (11 in). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.[2] When Marcus Elieser Bloch named the genus Bodianus he used Bodianus bodianus as the type species of the genus, this is a junior synonym of Bodianus rufus.[3]
References
- ^ Xie, Y. & Russell, B. (2010). "Bodianus rufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187672A8596282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187672A8596282.en. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Bodianus rufus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bodianus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
External links
- Photos of Spanish hogfish on Sealife Collection