Barred Hamlet


Size:  3.5-6 in.
ID:  Large midbody and other bars brown, head lines blue

Class:  Actinopterygii  / Ray-finned fishes
Order:  Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family:  Serranidae / Seabasses (Groupers)
Genus Species:  Hypoplectrus puella/ Barred Hamlet

Habitat: swim about reef bottoms
Typical food: small fishes or crustaceans
Other information: most common of the hamlets; produce a sound inside their body
to broadcast their gametes when releasing their eggs and sperm


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