Abstract
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 L 50 = 238 mm L F and A 50 = 1.6 years.