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Related FAQs: the Basses called Hamlets, Related Articles: Basses, /A Diversity of Aquatic Life The Basses Called Hamlets, Genus Hypoplectrus | 
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| Hypoplectrus chlorurus (Cuvier 1828), the Yellowtail Hamlet. Western central Atlantic. To five inches overall length. Feeds primarily on crustaceans and small fishes in the wild. Here is one photographed off St. Lucia. | 
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| Hypoplectrus gemma Goode & Bean 1882, the Blue Hamlet. Florida endemic in the western central Atlantic. To four inches in length. Pictured here is a slightly washed out aquarium specimen. Wild ones much more vibrant blue. | 
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| Hypoplectrus guttavarius (Poey 1852), the Golden Hamlet. Spottily distributed in the tropical west Atlantic. To five inches in length. A common Hamlet offering in the pet trade. This one photographed in the Bahamas. | 
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| Hypoplectrus indigo (Poey 1851), the Indigo Hamlet. Central western Atlantic in many places. To five and a half inches. Another of the more common aquarium Hamlets. This one in the Bahamas | 
| | Hypoplectrus nigricans (Poey 1852), the Black Hamlet. Tropical western Atlantic. To six inches in length. This photo made in the Bahamas. | 
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| Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier 1828), the Barred Hamlet. To six inches overall length... Found in... the tropical west Atlantic. One in the Cozumel. | 
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| Hypoplectrus unicolor (Walbaum 1792), the Butter Hamlet. Western Atlantic; Florida. To five inches in length. Identified in the field by distinctive caudal saddle and yellow pelvic fins. Right: Bahamas and St. Thomas pix. Below: series in St. Thomas. |  
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| Hypoplectrus sp., an unknown (to me) Hamlet. This metallic blue individual was found in Belize... near Placencia to the south there are many of this type... More fuel to the fire that perhaps all Hamlets are one and the same species? A beauty nonetheless. | 
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| Hypoplectrus sp., the Tan Hamlet. Golden brown overall color except for a bluish streak on the fore part of the pectoral fins. St. Thomas. | 
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Bibliography/Further Reading: Michael, Scott W. 1997. The Hamlets. Many colors, but how many species? AFM 7/97. Miller, Gary. 1987. Serranids of the Caribbean. FAMA 2/87. Thresher, Ronald. 1976. Hamlets. Marine Aquarist 7:6, 76.
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