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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