Hogfish
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| Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum, 1792) |
Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus), also known as Capitaine, are plentiful in the Florida Keys in the coral reef areas and are considered to have high quality and tasty flesh. The fish is a large wrasse of the western Atlantic. It has fourteen dorsal spines, eleven dorsal soft rays, eleven anal spines, and ten anal soft rays. The coloring varies but is usually brownish red with a black spot at the bottom of the dorsal fin. Their habitats are often over coral reef areas. The fishs' diet is mainly mollusks, crabs, and sea urchins. The Mexican hogfish is often a pinkish color with a fleshy bump on the males for head. The Hogfish is first a female then a male. The color pattern changes drastically between juvenile and adult.
The head of the male resembles a pig's snout.
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