Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Spotfin Hogfish
Bodianus pulchellus
Spotfin Hogfish
Category: Hogfishes
Scientific Name: Bodianus pulchellus
Size: Up to 7 in. (17 cm)  
Depth: 60-360 ft. (18-110 m)
Distribution: Florida, Gulf of America, Bahamas, Caribbean, Brazil
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Hypsigenyinae (Subfamily) Hogfishes and Tuskfishes
       └Clepticini (Tribe) Hogfishes
        └Bodianus (Genus)
         └B. pulchellus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273540🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49430🔗

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