Genus: Bodianus, Hogfish Wrasse, Hogfishes
snout pointed
D XII
canine - rear top jaw
front jaws - canines
front jaws - canines
LL: smoothly arched, 31-32
BODIANUS
HOGFISHES
Body robust, compressed; snout pointed; mouth protrusible, opens at front, thick lips; rear of top jawbone not visible on cheek; toothed grinding plates in throat; a canine tooth at rear of top jaw, strong canines at front of both jaws; gill membranes fused under throat; dorsal fin XII, not obviously notched between spiny and soft parts; anal fin III, 12; lateral line unbroken, smoothly arched; scales large, 31-32 with pores on lateral line.
A pantropical genus of about 38 species; with 2 W Atlantic species in our area.
