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Butter Hamlet Sep 13, 2017. Oil Slick Leap, Bonaire.<br /> Body laterally flattened, grayish white to yellow in color, with a large black saddle blotch on the base of the tail (H. unicolor). Iridescent blue dorsal-ventral lines on the head, sometimes extending to the leading edge of the ventral fins. One distinct blue line encircles the eye. Two black pigments spots are sometimes found on the snout region. Ventral fins yellowish, pectoral fins clear.<br /> Size up to 12.5 cm. Caribbean Netherlands,Geotagged,Hypoplectrus unicolor,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Butter Hamlet

Sep 13, 2017. Oil Slick Leap, Bonaire.
Body laterally flattened, grayish white to yellow in color, with a large black saddle blotch on the base of the tail (H. unicolor). Iridescent blue dorsal-ventral lines on the head, sometimes extending to the leading edge of the ventral fins. One distinct blue line encircles the eye. Two black pigments spots are sometimes found on the snout region. Ventral fins yellowish, pectoral fins clear.
Size up to 12.5 cm.

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The Butter Hamlet

The Butter Hamlet, ''Hypoplectrus unicolor'' is a hamlet from the Western Central Atlantic and is found in Florida, the Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean. It is absent from the Gulf of Mexico. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 13 cm in length.

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Similar species: Perch-like Fishes
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Dec 29, 2017. Captured Sep 13, 2017 12:16 in Bulevar Gob. N. Debrot, Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands.
country flag of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Explore Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 263 203 0
  • DC1400
  • f/2.8
  • 1/113s
  • ISO64
  • 4.7mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.