Red pigfish

This article is about the southwestern Pacific species Bodianus unimaculatus. For the western Atlantic red hogfish, see Decodon puellaris.

The red pigfish (Bodianus unimaculatus), also known as the red hogfish or eastern pigfish, is a species of wrasse native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from eastern Australia to New Zealand, including Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands. It inhabits reefs and offshore waters, where it occurs from the surface to 60 m (200 ft) deep. Males of this species can reach a length of 50 cm (20 in), while females only reach 30 cm (12 in).^[2]

Red pigfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Bodianus
Species:	B. unimaculatus
Binomial name
Bodianus unimaculatus (Günther, 1862)
Synonyms
Cossyphus unimaculatus Günther, 1862 Cossyphus bellis E. P. Ramsay, 1887