Spanish hogfish

Spanish hogfish
Adult
Juvenile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species:
B. rufus
Binomial name
Bodianus rufus
Synonyms
  • Labrus rufus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Bodianus bodianus Bloch, 1790
  • Lutjanus verres Bloch, 1791
  • Sparus falcatus Bloch, 1791
  • Labrus semiruber Lacépède, 1801
  • Harpe caeruleoaureus Lacépède, 1802
  • Bodianus blochii Lacépède, 1802
  • Bodianus brachyrhynus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918

The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus) is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean, where it can be found from North Carolina 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 (snails, mussels, and squid),[2] crustaceans (Mysis and brine shrimp),[2] echinoderms (brittle stars and sea urchins), worms, and small fish,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ 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 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago: University of the West Indies.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bodianus rufus". FishBase. August 2013 version.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bodianus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 December 2019.