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Shy Hamlet

Hypoplectrus guttavarius

Classification

The shy hamlet (Hypoplectrus guttavarius) is a small Western Atlantic serranid fish, which belongs to the subclass perciformes in the class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes). To this date, seventeen species of the genus Hypoplectrus have been recognized, a third of which have been discovered in the past few years. They are synchronous hermaphrodites; ecologically and morphologically, all are remarkably similar in major features except for their color pattern which is how they are differentiated into different species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 68United Kingdom · 18France · 17Netherlands · 6Mexico · 4Cuba · 3