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.
HYBIRTH HAMLET
Now up to information of the book Fish Behaviour, if a group of Hamlets are only females, one of them will convert into a male to mate with the remaining females, or viceverse, if there are only males one of them will convert into a female to preserve the subspecie; now if they found themselves alone and no other of it's own subspecie is around. but a member of another subspecie is around, they will mate with it in order to preserve the specie.
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