Bodianus
diplotaenia
(Gill, 1862)
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Family:
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Labridae
(Wrasses), subfamily: Bodianinae
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Order:
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Perciformes
(perch-likes)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Mexican hogfish |
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Max. size:
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76.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5592); max. published weight: 9,000 g (Ref. 5592) |
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Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 5 %26#150; 76 m
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Climate: |
subtropical; 20 %26#150; 22%26deg;C; 32%26deg;N - |
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Importance:
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aquarium: commercial |
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Resilience: |
Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
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Distribution:
saved form ccfishery.net
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Eastern Pacific: Guadalupe Island and throughout the Gulf of California to Chile, including the Cocos, Malpelo, Revillagigedo and the Galapagos islands.
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Morphology:
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Body moderately deep and compressed; head large and pointed; teeth caniniform, enlarged, and somewhat crooked, two anterior pairs in each jaw; dorsal fin with 12 spines; posterior rays of anal and dorsal fins forming filamentous lobes; lower branch of first gill arch with 12 to 13 gill rakers; very large individuals blue, with a narrow, yellow, vertical bar immediately behind the posterior edge of the pectoral fin, juveniles red or reddish brown; females with 2 longitudinal black stripes (Ref. 55763).
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Biology: |
Inhabits rocky or coral areas (Ref. 9311). Sometimes also found on sandy bottoms and where marine plants abound (Ref. 9311). Solitary or forms aggregations of only a few individuals. Feeds on crabs, brittle stars, mollusks, and sea urchins (Ref. 9311). At night, agglomerates in cracks and crevices of rocks and caves to sleep (Ref. 9311). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9311). Starts life as a female, later becoming a functional male. Males defend temporary reproductive territories called leks. Sex change may be due to local social conditions, but it may also have a genetic component, since the reversal occurs over a limited size range (Ref. 28023).
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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