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Bodianus pulchellus (Spotfin hogfish; Hogfish)

Synonyms: Cossyphus pulchellus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Bodianus pulchellus, or spotfin hogfish, is a hogfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 28.5 cm in length.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  
Saba Marine Park National Marine Park II 5573 Netherlands Antilles  
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Acquario di Genova
Budapest Zool.& Botanical Garden
El Paso Zoo
Florida Aquarium
Memphis Zoological Garden & Aquarium
Miami Metrozoo
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
Rotterdam Zoo

Distribution

Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Western Central; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil; Caribbean Sea; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Cuba; Curaçao Island; Discovery Bay; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Brazil Shelf; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; North Brazil Shelf; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; Sao Tomé and Principe; South Brazil Shelf; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Suriname; Trindade Island; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Is.; US Virgin Islands; USA (contiguous states); Venezuela; Virgin Islands (UK); Western Atlantic: South Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Honduras and Santa Catarina, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé Island (Ref. 34088).;

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Citations

Species recognized by Group expert : Westneat, M., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011