barred hogfish
Bodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The barred hogfish (Bodianus scrofa) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs around the Macaronesian island groups of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde. This species occurs on rocky reefs at depths of 20 to 200 m (66 to 656 ft). It can reach a length of 43 cm (17 in), though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species was formally described as Labrus scrofa in 1839 by Achille Valenciennes with the type locality given as the Cape Verde Islands.
Wikipedia contributors, Barred hogfish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:09:45.755174+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Name authority
- (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Common name
- barred hogfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Bodianus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyHypsigenyinae Günther, 1861
- tribeClepticini Bleeker, 1862
- genusBodianus Bloch, 1790
- speciesBodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bodianus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bodianus paraleucosticticus Gomon, 2006 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus macrolepidotus Bloch, 1790 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus albotaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| axilspot hogfishBodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1832) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twospot hogfishBodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus busellatus Gomon, 2006 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus eclancheri (Valenciennes, 1846) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus flavifrons Gomon, 2001 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus frenchii (Klunzinger, 1879) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fourline hogfishBodianus leucosticticus (Bennett, 1832) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| giant hogfishBodianus macrognathos (Morris, 1974) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pseudolepidaplois pfaffi Bauchot & Blanc, 1961 Bauchot & Blanc, 1961 | synonym |
| Pseudolepidaplois scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Valenciennes, 1839) | synonym |
| Diastodon scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Valenciennes, 1839) | synonym |
| Lepidaplois scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Valenciennes, 1839) | synonym |
| Labrus scrofa Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839 | synonym |
| Trochocopus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Valenciennes, 1839) | synonym |
| Cossyphus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Valenciennes, 1839) | synonym |
| Crenilabrus caninus Lowe, 1839 Lowe, 1839 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126958 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:68M6S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.