Yellowtail hamlet (Hypoplectrus chlorurus)

Scientific name: Hypoplectrus chlorurus Cuvier, 1828

Yellowtail hamlet (Hypoplectrus chlorurus)

The Yellowtail hamlet (Hypoplectrus chlorurus) is a marine fish of the family Serranidae.

Biology

Body blackish in color (intensity of the black can vary from bluish to brownish). All fins pigmented. Pectoral fins rarely yellow. Caudal fin bright yellow.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hypoplectrus chlorurus
Family
Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
12.7
Depth range
3–23 m (10–75 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 23 m
Climate
Tropical
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 (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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