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PIGFISH FACTS |
Description
Pigfish are pink with thin stripes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head. The lines fade as the fish ages. Males are red above with a pinkish to white region on the sides. There is a black blotch on the dorsal fin spines.
Other Names
Red Pigfish
Size
length to 45cm
Habitat
offshore reefs and islands to depths of 30m
Range
The Pigfish is found in the Southwest Pacific. In Australia it is found from southern Queensland to Victoria. Also found around New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Labridae | | Genus: | Bodianus | | Species: | unimaculatus | | Common Name: | Pigfish |
Relatives in same Genus
Blackfin Hogfish (B. loxozonus)
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