Barred hogfish explained

The barred hogfish (Bodianus scrofa) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs around the Macaronesian island groups of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde. This species occurs on rocky reefs at depths of 20to. It can reach a length of 43cm (17inches), though most do not exceed 30cm (10inches). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species was formally described as Labrus scrofa in 1839 by Achille Valenciennes with the type locality given as the Cape Verde Islands.

Further reading

• Brito . A. . Pacual . P.J. . Falcón . J.M. . Sancho . A. . González . G. . Peces de las Islas Canarias. Catálogo comentado e ilustrado . Fish of the Canary Islands. Commented and Illustrated Catalogue . Francisco Lemus . La Laguna, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) . 2002 . 9788487973161.
• Gomon . M.F. . A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species . Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement . 30 . 1–133 . 0812-7387 . 2006 . PDF . 29 August 2011.