The HYPOPLECTRUS species of the Hamlet/Seabass-Serranidae Family, are beautiful reef decoration fishes, some ichthyologists (fish specialists) considere all of them to be variations of only one specie, Butter Hamlet; but to my eyes and taste, they are all gorgeous!!
Before Hurricane Wilma came by, seven sub-species used to be found together in only one reef area, Chankanaab boulders; not anymore though, for the last two years have not seen the seven species again there, some of them not even in other reefs.
BLACK HAMLET (Hypoplectrus nigricans)
In Cozumel this is the smallest subspecie of hamlets, not very common but we hav seen them on many of the reefs, it's black body even shines sometimes, and if you take a long close good look at it, you may notice barely the blue markins around its nose.
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