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title: "Mexican Hogfish"
description: "Bodianus diplotaenia — Peixes. The Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/mexican-hogfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Hogfish

> Bodianus diplotaenia — Peixes. The Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Bodianus diplotaenia*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3034
- Wikidata: [Q1969047](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1969047)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57333](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57333)

## Names

- en: Mexican Hogfish
- de: Mexikanischer Schweinslippfisch
- es: Vieja mexicana
- fr: Pourceau mexicain
- pl: Bodian meksykański

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1477), MX (883), CR (289), PA (168), CO (8), PE (8), NI (3)

## Summary

The Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Adults inhabit rocky or coral areas at depths of 5–75 m. Sometimes, they are also found on sandy bottoms and where marine plants abound. They are solitary or form aggregations of only a few individuals. Mexican hogfish feed on crabs, brittle stars, mollusks, and sea urchins. At night, they gather in cracks and crevices of rocks and caves to sleep. The Mexican hogfish starts life as a female, and later becomes a functional male. Males defend temporary reproductive territories called leks. The sex change may be due…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_hogfish

## Photo

![Mexican Hogfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-hogfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: demianlescano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190584247

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-hogfish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).