Hogfish?

Here's one of the 2 cuban hog.

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Flameangel--beautiful Cuban hog! Now all I need is to see somebody's Spanish hog and I can decide which Caribbean hog to indulge in when I have a tank in the future (as I don't have one now)!
 
Flameangel--beautiful Cuban hog! Now all I need is to see somebody's Spanish hog and I can decide which Caribbean hog to indulge in when I have a tank in the future (as I don't have one now)!
CUBAN Hog...hands down, the nicest of the two.
 
albano--forgive me for asking, but what makes the Cuban hog the nicer of the two species? By looks alone they're both attractive.
 
Albano--Oh, I'm not arguing with you; I'm just curious. I wasn't aware that the Spanish hog's colors weren't as strong as it matured. I guess I'm going to have to look for some pictures of juveniles and adults, just to see the difference.

Thank you for the information, everybody...very helpful to hear about the genus in the aquarium trade better!
 
Oh, I'm not deciding anything--I don't have a tank! But I like to dream these things out...and I've never heard of anybody with an aggressive-ish Caribbean tank, that's all.

You're right. I did some research and it does seem like the color of the Cuban hog is more consistent with age than the Spanish hog. I suppose if I had to choose between the two, then that's the one I'd go with.

I've never been a hogfish fan, but since there's so few wrasses (family Labridae) in the Caribbean that I wondered about the hogs. That's all!
 
the cuban also stay smaller which is a plus for most. I like some of the other wrasses from the area too in terms of behavior, but many are not particularly colorful. I've contemplated a Carribean tank with somewhat predatory/aggressive fish with grunts, maybe high hats, but such a tank would have to be quite large
 
The only other wrasse I know from that area is thalassoma bifasciatum, which is very pretty (and I love thalassoma wrasses).

It's harder to think up an aggressive tank from the Caribbean because there's less diversity than other places. If I made one, it would definitely have a Queen Angelfish! Hmm...going to have to make a nice little fish list for the future...

From what I understand, though, hihats are peaceful--am I wrong?
 
I've had high hats pretty peaceful, but not to be trusted with crustaceans and stuff like that..very cool fish for FOWLR. I had one some time ago, but regret getting rid of it. As for wrasses in Carribean, you can consider the Halichoeres as well.
 
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