Scientific Name
Bodianus loxozonus
Common Name
Blackfin hogfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9-11;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 11 - 12. Adults usually with a large black blotch on the back, extending along the lower lobe of the tail fin to the black ventral fins, but reduced to a small patch in large males (Ref. 48636). Often misidentified as Bodianus hirsutus (synonym of Bodianus macrourus (Lacepede, 1801) (Ref. 54980).