Hypoplectrus is a genus of fishes commonly known as hamlets, found mainly in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, particularly around Florida and the Bahamas. They are a popular choice for hobbyist saltwater aquariums, and come in a variety of colors.
Hamlets are simultaneous hermaphrodites (or synchronous hermaphrodites): They have both male and female sexual organs at the same time as an adult, meaning that they function as a male and female, making them one of the few vertebrates that are male and female at the same time. They seem quite at ease mating in front of divers, allowing observations in the wild to occur readily. They do not practice self-fertilization, but when they find a mate, the pair takes turns between which one acts as the male and which acts as the female through multiple matings, usually over the course of several nights. Hamlets preferentially mate with individuals of their same color pattern.[3]
^Tavera, J. & Acero P., A. (2013): Description of a new species of Hypoplectrus (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Southern Gulf of Mexico. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (1): 29-38.
^Bernal, M.A.; Rocha, L.A. (2012). "Speciation with Gene Flow in Coral Reef Fishes". In: Steller. D., Lobel. L., eds. Diving for Science 2012. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 31st Symposium. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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hypoplectrus, genus, fishes, commonly, known, hamlets, found, mainly, coral, reefs, caribbean, gulf, mexico, particularly, around, florida, bahamas, they, popular, choice, hobbyist, saltwater, aquariums, come, variety, colors, unicolorscientific, classificatio. Hypoplectrus is a genus of fishes commonly known as hamlets found mainly in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico particularly around Florida and the Bahamas They are a popular choice for hobbyist saltwater aquariums and come in a variety of colors HypoplectrusHypoplectrus unicolorScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder PerciformesFamily SerranidaeSubfamily SerraninaeGenus HypoplectrusT N Gill 1861Type speciesPlectropoma puellaCuvier 1828 1 Speciessee textSpecies editThere are currently 17 recognized species in this genus Hypoplectrus aberrans Poey 1868 Yellowbelly hamlet Hypoplectrus atlahua Tavera amp Acero P 2013 Jarocho hamlet 2 Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei Del Moral Flores J L Tello Musi amp J A Martinez Perez 2012 Hypoplectrus chlorurus G Cuvier 1828 Yellowtail hamlet Hypoplectrus ecosur Victor 2012 Hypoplectrus floridae Victor 2012 Hypoplectrus gemma Goode amp T H Bean 1882 Blue hamlet Hypoplectrus gummigutta Poey 1851 Golden hamlet Hypoplectrus guttavarius Poey 1852 Shy hamlet Hypoplectrus indigo Poey 1851 Indigo hamlet Hypoplectrus maculiferus Poey 1871 Hypoplectrus maya Lobel 2011 Maya hamlet Hypoplectrus nigricans Poey 1852 Black hamlet Hypoplectrus providencianus Acero P amp Garzon Ferreira 1994 Masked hamlet Hypoplectrus puella G Cuvier 1828 Barred hamlet Hypoplectrus randallorum Lobel 2011 Tan hamlet Hypoplectrus unicolor Walbaum 1792 Butter hamlet Reproduction editHamlets are simultaneous hermaphrodites or synchronous hermaphrodites They have both male and female sexual organs at the same time as an adult meaning that they function as a male and female making them one of the few vertebrates that are male and female at the same time They seem quite at ease mating in front of divers allowing observations in the wild to occur readily They do not practice self fertilization but when they find a mate the pair takes turns between which one acts as the male and which acts as the female through multiple matings usually over the course of several nights Hamlets preferentially mate with individuals of their same color pattern 3 References edit Eschmeyer William N Fricke Ron amp van der Laan Richard eds Hypoplectrus Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences Retrieved 1 September 2020 Tavera J amp Acero P A 2013 Description of a new species of Hypoplectrus Perciformes Serranidae from the Southern Gulf of Mexico aqua International Journal of Ichthyology 19 1 29 38 Bernal M A Rocha L A 2012 Speciation with Gene Flow in Coral Reef Fishes In Steller D Lobel L eds Diving for Science 2012 Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 31st Symposium Archived from the original on November 18 2013 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint unfit URL link nbsp This Serranidae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hypoplectrus amp oldid 1119484272, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
