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What is a pigfish?

What is a pigfish? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
    1. The golden-spot hogfish, Bodianus perditio
    2. The redmouth grunt, Orthopristis chrysoptera
    3. The red pigfish, Bodianus unimaculatus
  2. Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including
    1. A sculpin, family Cottidae
    2. Fishes in the family Congiopodidae
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Young Pigfish are pinkish with thin stipes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head.
Pigfish are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish.
Dolphins, rock-cod, pigfish, and blackfish may be caught as quickly as they can be hauled out.
Pigfish are members of the grunt family which are noted for the rasping or grunting sounds they make in their throat when captured on a hook or otherwise disturbed.
Inside, I find shoals of cardinalfish, then on the hull some nosy red pigfish and resting goatfish.
Like other members of the grunt family, a pigfish makes a grunting sound by rubbing the teeth in their throat together.

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