Description

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Body reddish, darker above, pale below. Lips yellow. Yellow stripes from nostrils through eye to edge of opercle and from eye across cheek. Dorsal and anal fins unscaled. Adults with protruding front teeth, 4 in upper jaw, 2 in lower (Ref 52831).

Common Names

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Red Hogfish , English , Cuba

Red hogfish , English , Puerto Rico

Red hogfish , English , USA

Red hogfish , English , Global

Labre rouge , French , France

裸齒隆頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

裸齿隆头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Doncella , Spanish , Dominican Rp

Doncella de canto , Spanish , Spain

Doncella de lo alto , Spanish , Cuba

Doncella de lo alto , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Decodon

Species: Decodon puellaris (Poey, 1860)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA through Antilles to Suriname.

Biology

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Mainly found over rocky bottoms of insular areas (Ref. 5217).

Habitat

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associated

Conservation Status

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Least Concern

Threat to Humans

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Harmless