Spanish hogfish
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| Spanish hogfish | |
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| Bodianus rufus, Adult | |
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| Bodianus rufus, Juvenile | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. rufus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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The Spanish hogfish is a species of hogfish whose range includes South Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, and Brazil.[1]. Typically between 20 cm and 35 cm in size, it can reach 60 cm. It inhabits reefs at depths of 3 m up to 30 m, where it constantly swims about in search of food.
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- ^ Humann, DeLoach (2002). Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas. New World Publications, Inc.. ISBN 1-878348-30-2.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Bodianus rufus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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