Description

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Body moderately deep and compressed; head large and pointed; teeth elongate and compressed, resembling incisors; dorsal fin contiguous, with 12 spines; posterior rays of dorsal and anal fins forming filamentous lobes; lower branch of first gill arch with 9 to 10 gill rakers; variable, depending on size and sex; body brown, black, red or orange, but less than 5 percent of the population is entirely black (Ref. 55763).

Common Names

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Brown hogfish , English , UK

Galápagos hogfish , English , UK

Harlequin wrasse , English , Galapagos Is.

Harlequin wrasse , English , Global

埃氏普提魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

埃氏普提鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Loberos , Spanish , Peru

Mulata , Spanish , Peru

Mulata , Spanish , Spain

Vieja , Spanish , Galapagos Is.

Vieja arlequin , Spanish , Galapagos Is.

Vieja colorada , Spanish , Peru

Vieja zamba , Spanish , Ecuador

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Bodianus

Species: Bodianus eclancheri (Valenciennes, 1846)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Southeast Pacific: Ecuador to central Chile. Originating in the Peru-Chile Province, it is found in the cooler waters of the Galapagos Islands.

Biology

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A sequentially protogynous hermaphrodite. In the Galapagos, the colorful appearance may be due to selective pressures and their increased feeding and decreased reproductive activities may serve to avoid extraordinary predation (Ref. 9227). Adults forage on a wide range of invertebrates and algae (Ref. 28023). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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associated

Conservation Status

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Least Concern

Threat to Humans

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Harmless