Spanish Hogfish

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FAMILY - Labridea

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Bodianus rufus

COMMON NAME – Spanish Hogfish

SIZE - 10 in (25.5 cm)

RANGE - Caribbean

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 125 gal (473 L)

CARE LEVEL - Easy

TEMPERAMENT - Aggressive

FOODS AND FEEDING - Should be fed a variety of high quality marine meaty foods. Will also eat other crustaceans.

AQUARIUM SUITABILITY -

REEF COMPATIBILITY - No

CAPTIVE CARE – As a juvenile it will clean parasites off of other fish and is quite peaceful. As it matures it will get more aggressive, needing larger housing and more aggressive tank mates. It will harass and possibly kill smaller tank mates.

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