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The hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus), also known as boquinete, doncella de pluma or pez perro in Mexico [3] is a species of wrasse native to the Western Atlantic Ocean, living in a range from Nova Scotia, Canada, to northern South America, including the Gulf of Mexico. [4]
Orthopristis chrysoptera, the pigfish, hogfish, piggy perch, redmouth grunt or sailor's choice, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. This name derives from the grunting or chattering noise these fish make by rubbing their pharyngeal teeth together.
Bodianus opercularis, the blackspot hogfish, is a species of wrasse. It is found in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea , the Gulf of Aqaba in the north to Madagascar and Mauritius in the south, and east to Christmas Island .
Bodianus mesothorax, the split-level hogfish, blackbelt hogfish, black-belt hogfish, coral hogfish, eclipse hogfish, eclipse pigfish, mesothorax hogfish or yellow-spotted hogfish, [3] is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean.
Bodianus perditio, the golden-spot hogfish, is a species of wrasse found in the Pacific Ocean. [2] Description. This species reaches a length of 80.0 cm (31.5 in). [3]
Diana's hogfish, Bodianus diana, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the African coast to the Nicobars and the Cocos-Keeling Islands. Reports of its presence in the western Pacific Ocean are erroneous. It occurs on the seaward side of reefs at depths from 6 to 50 m (20 to 164 ft) (though rarely deeper than 25 m (82 ft)). It ...
Bodianus speciosus, the blackbar hogfish, is a species of wrasse. It is found in the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean. [2] Description.
Decodon puellaris prefers rock substrates and is associated with islands. [2] It occurs ate depths of between 18 and 25 metres (59 and 82 ft)> [1] This species is a carnivore and its diet consists of mobile benthic worms, molluscs and bony fish.