What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Spanish hogfish been recorded?

Bodianus rufus occurrence evidence comes from 29,133 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1905 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesLabridaeBodianus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

29,133 records across 23 countries and territories, 1905–2026.

Bodianus rufus · GBIF taxon key 5209687

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19052026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Spanish hogfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Spanish hogfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 25,273
Puerto Rico 2,781
US Virgin Islands 856
ZZ 55
Brazil 31
Bahamas 26
Bonaire 22
Belize 16
Mexico 12
Costa Rica 11
Venezuela 11
Trinidad & Tobago 9
Cayman Islands 6
Panama 6
Bermuda 5
Curaçao 3
Cuba 2
Dominica 2
Turks and Caicos Islands 2
Colombia 1
Honduras 1
Jamaica 1
Martinique 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.