Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Domeier, M.L. 1994 Speciation in the serranid fish Hypoplectrus. Bull. Mar. Sci. 54(1):103-141. (Ref. 26407)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26407&speccode=12759
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Distribution
Distribution
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Domeier, M.L. 1994 Speciation in the serranid fish Hypoplectrus. Bull. Mar. Sci. 54(1):103-141. (Ref. 26407)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26407&speccode=12759
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
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Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin 1993 Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5521&speccode=16680
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Diagnostic Description
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Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26938&speccode=4257
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Ecology
Habitat
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7.625 - 7.625
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From 10 to 45 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated.
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Environment
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9710&speccode=13770
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Humann, P. 1994 Reef fish identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida. 426 p. (Ref. 9761)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9761&speccode=942
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Trophic Strategy
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Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff 2005 Reef fish community structure in Bocas del Toro (Caribbean, Panamá): Gradients in habitat complexity and exposure. Caribbean J. Sci. 41(3):613-637. (Ref. 57616)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57616&speccode=12766
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Hypoplectrus indigo
Public Records: 0
Species: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
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Sadovy, Y. 1992 A preliminary assessment of the marine aquarium export trade in Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam, Vol. 2, p. 1014-1021. (Ref. 12090)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12090&speccode=3535
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Wikipedia
Hypoplectrus indigo
Hypoplectrus indigo, also known as the Indigo Hamlet, is a species of Hamlet from the Western Central Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 14 cm in length.
Distinctive features: Blue and white bars. Wide medium blue to indigo bars separated by narrower bars. Blue ventral fins, pectoral fins white or clear. Common to the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Bay Islands, Occasional Belize and Bahamas and rare balance of Caribbean and Florida.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Hypoplectrus indigo" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
- ^ Reef Fish identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas by Paul Humann and Ned Deloach
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