Life history of the endemic Hawaiian hogfish <i>Bodianus albotaeniatus</i>: age, growth and reproduction

Growth rate, longevity, maturity and spawning seasonality were estimated for the endemic Hawaiian hogfish Bodianus albotaeniatus. The sex-specific von Bertalanffy growth parameters are L_∞ = 339 mm fork length (L_F ) and K = 0.66 year^-1 for females and L_∞ = 417 mm L_F and K = 0.33 year^-1 for males. The maximum age is 22 years. Histological gonad analysis and the absence of small and young males indicate a monandric protogynous hermaphrodite. Size and age at maturity for combined sexes are L₅₀ = 238 mm L_F and A₅₀ = 1.6 years.