Hogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Lachnolaimus
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 22 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 3 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 8166 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 5 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 79 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 49 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 54 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 60 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 10 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 6 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 216 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 123 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 91 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 75 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 116 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 77 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 112 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 23 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 56 records
- Utila, Honduras - 77 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 8 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 13 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 17 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 14 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 4 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 4 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 3 records