FB-1072 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1072 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lampriformes Lampridae Lampris Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) Odynczyk Bodião-de-pluma Ornefisk Hogfish Hogftsh Tiibhuulkala Labre capitaine neppo Boquinete Capitán Doncella de pluma Jaqueton blanco Pargo gallo Pargo pluma Pez perro Gualiriyu 長棘毛唇隆頭魚 长棘毛唇隆头鱼 Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792 Lachnolaimis maximus (Walbaum, 1792) 1990-10-17 2024-10-11 Randall, J.E.0 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. (Ref. 33) ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists)0 Ontogeny and systematics of fishes. Based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom, 15-18 August 1983, La Jolla, California. Spec. Publ. Am. Soc. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 1:ix, 760 p. (Ref. 63) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. 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Randall 1995-01-17 2010-07-13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Lamax_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Lamax_u1.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-08-31 16:44:45 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 A large and economically valuable species, monandric and a protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 93709). Adults are found over open bottoms or coral reef areas (Ref. 5217). Often encountered where gorgonians are abundant (Ref. 13442). Feed mainly on mollusks, also crabs and sea urchins (Ref. 3726). Flesh highly esteemed; marketed fresh and frozen (Ref. 3726). Have been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420). Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-DiagnosticDescr-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-02-22 00:00:00 2012-12-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Deep-bodied wrasse with a strongly arched dorsal profile. First 3 dorsal spines filamentous. Only wrasse with elongate dorsal spines and such a highly arched profile (Ref. 26938). Color variable but generally mottled brownish red with a black spot at rear base of dorsal fin (Ref. 13442). Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Morphology-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-02-22 00:00:00 2012-12-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 10 Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Distribution-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2022-11-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America. Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-Uses-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-08-31 16:44:45 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Cervigón, F. and W. Fischer 1979 INFOPESCA. Catálogo de especies marinas de interes economico actual o potencial para América Latina. Parte 1. Atlántico centro y suroccidental. FAO/UNDP, SIC/79/1. 372 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 6077) International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. (Ref. 9210) FB-LifeCycle-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-08-31 16:44:45 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=1071&StockCode=1087 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Monandric (no primary males) , protogynous hermaphrodites. Sex change is postmaturation; it is initiated among individuals 30-40 cm LF (or 3-5 yrs) but was also observed in fish as large as 69.4 cm LF (13 yrs). Sex change occurred after one more spawning (as a female) seasons and requires several months to complete (Ref.74380). Harem spawner (Ref.74381). Spawning activity is characterised by the following event called 'spawning rush': 1) pectoral swim up, 2) tail swim, 3) swin alongsode and tilt, 4) release, 5) circle and display, and 6) swim down (Ref. 74381). García-Cagide, A., R. Claro and B.V. Koshelev 1994 Reproducción. p. 187-262. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Inst. Oceanol. Acad. Cienc. Cuba. and Cen. Invest. Quintana Roo (CIQRO) México. (Ref. 26409) FB-TrophicStrategy-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-01-06 00:00:00 2008-07-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public maximus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Found over open bottoms or coral reef areas (Ref. 5217). Often encountered where gorgonians are abundant (Ref. 13442). Feeds mainly on mollusks, also crabs and sea urchins (Ref. 3726). Mobile invertebrate feeder (Ref. 57616). Bardach, J.E. 1959 The summer standing crop of fish on a shallow Bermuda Reef. Limnol. Oceanogr. 4:77-85. (Ref. 4950) FB-Size-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-08-31 16:44:45 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 91.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)); max. published weight: 11.0 kg (Ref. 36052); max. reported age: 23 years (Ref. 93706) Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) Randall, J.E. and G.L. Warmke 1967 The food habits of the hogfish (<i>Lachnolaimus maximus</i>), a labrid fish from the Western Atlantic. Caribb. J. Sci. 7(3-4):141-144. (Ref. 36052) McBride, R.S. and A.K. Richardson 2007 Evidence of size-selective fishing mortality from an age and growth study of hogfish (Labridae: <i>Lachnolaimus maximus</i>), a hermaphroditic reef fish. Bull. Mar. Sci. 80(2):401-417. (Ref. 93706) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-1071 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-08-31 16:44:45 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1071 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 - 30 m (Ref. 9710) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)