Life history of the endemic Hawaiian hogfish Bodianus albotaeniatus: 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 (LF ) and K = 0.66 year-1 for females and L∞  = 417 mm LF 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 LF and A50  = 1.6 years.