Species: Bodianus eclancheri, Galapagos hogfish, Harlequin hogfish, Harlequin wrasse
Bodianus eclancheri (Valenciennes, 1846)
Harlequin hogfish, Harlequin wrasse, Galapagos hogfish
Body robust, compressed; large males with pronounced hump between eyes; snout pointed; a canine tooth at rear of top jaw, 2 pairs of strong canines at front of top and bottom jaws; dorsal fin XII, 10; anal fin III, 11-12; adult males with long filaments on tail fin lobes; pectoral rays 17; lateral line unbroken, smoothly arched; scales large, 31-33 with pores on lateral line.
Adult coloration extremely variable from uniformly dark grey or brownish to bright orange or white with highly irregular and variable pattern of black blotching; juveniles pale yellow to white with 3 black stripes on head and body; median fins with black margins.
Size: grows to about 61 cm.
Habitat: rocky reefs.
Depth: 5-45 m.
Ecuador to central Chile, also Galapagos Islands; in the Galapagos it is usually seen on rocky reefs in the cooler waters of the western islands (Isabela and Fernandina).
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- TEP non-endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Peruvian province, primarily
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 61
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 45
