Yellowtail hamlet

Hypoplectrus chlorurus

Fifteen Centimeters Seabass of Western Central Atlantic

Yellowtail hamlet is known from Western Central Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Hypoplectrus
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: rare along the most of the continental western Caribbean, becoming occasional in the vicinity of Panama; Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, and islands off Venezuela. Absent from Florida, Marquesas Keys and the Dry Tortugas (USA); records from Texas, USA are almost certainly misidentified juveniles of Epinephelus sp.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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