Barred hogfish
Barred hogfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Bodianus |
Species: | B. scrofa |
Binomial name | |
Bodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) | |
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The barred hogfish, Bodianus scrofa, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs around the various island groups from the Azores to Cape Verde. This species occurs on rocky reefs at depths of 20 to 200 m (66 to 656 ft). It can reach a length of 43 cm (17 in), though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]
References
- ↑ Russell, B., Afonso, P. & Pollard, D. 2010. Bodianus scrofa. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 01 November 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Bodianus scrofa" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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