Description

The Spanish Hogfish or Spanish Wrasse (Bodianus Rufus) is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean, where it can be found from southern Florida and Bermuda through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. It inhabits coral or rock reefs at depths of 1 to 70 meters.

While Spanish Hogfish or Spanish Wrasse adults feed on such prey as molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms (brittle stars and sea urchins), the juveniles act as cleaner fishes. This species can reach a length of 16″ inches, though most do not exceed 11″ inches.