The spotfin hogfish or Cuban hogfish (Bodianus pulchellus) is a species of wrasse native to the Atlantic Ocean, where it is mainly found from North Carolina, United States, through the Caribbean to Brazil. It has also been recorded from São Tomé off the coast of Africa. This species inhabits reefs, both rock and coral, where it occurs at depths of though rarely deeper than . This species can reach a length of , though most do not exceed . It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.

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spotfin hogfish

Fish of the Western Atlantic

Fish of the Caribbean

Labridae

Fish of Cuba

Fish of the Dominican Republic

Taxa named by Felipe Poey

spotfin hogfish

Spotfin hogfish