Hogfish

Boar wrasse ( Lachnolaimus maximus)

The boar wrasse ( Lachnolaimus maximus ) is a species of the order Perciformes. He lives in the western tropical and subtropical Atlantic from North Carolina, across the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, to the coast of Brazil. It is caught as a food fish.

Features

The boar wrasse ( hogfish ) is distinctive due to its concave head profile, and is also the only large wrasse with three extended first dorsal fin rays. Its dorsal fin has a total of 14 hard jets and eleven soft rays, the anal fin three hard and ten soft fin rays. The body of the boar wrasse is high backs and usually brown to red-brown color. There are also yellow and light brown individuals. The upper head region from the upper jaw to the neck of the dorsal fin is often dyed darker. At the end of the dorsal fin base, he usually has a dark eye patch. The fish are up to 90 inches long and up to 10 kilograms. They are then 11 years old.

Behavior

Boar wrasses keep preferably in open areas with Gorgonienbewuchs in lagoons and between rocks and coral reefs. You are looking for in the sandy soil after its made ​​of hard-shelled invertebrates such as molluscs, sea urchins and crabs food.