What is Hogfish?
{{Speciesbox | image = Hogfish.JPG | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn | author1 = Choat, J.H. | author2 = Pollard, D. | author3 = Sadovy, Y.J. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2010 | title = ''Lachnolaimus maximus'' |errata=2018 | page = e.T11130A124708500 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11130A3252395.en | access-date = 15 January 2020}}</ref> | parent_authority = [[Georges Cuvier|G. Cuvier]], 1829 | taxon = Lachnolaimus maximus | authority = ([[Johann Julius Walbaum|Walbaum]], 1792) }} The '''hogfish''' (''Lachnolaimus maximus''), also known as '''boquinete''', '''doncella de pluma''' or '''pez perro''' in Mexico) is a [[species]] of fish which lives in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Western Atlantic Ocean]]. The hogfish lives in the area from [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], to northern [[South America]], including the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. It is classified as a [[wrasse]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Labriformes]] {{biology-stub}}