Description

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About 5 deep blue bars of uneven width; second bar, below dorsal fin, much wider than others (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

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Bad lucks , English , Jamaica

Indigo hamlet , English , Bahamas

Indigo hamlet , English , Belize

Indigo Hamlet , English , Cuba

Indigo hamlet , English , Haiti

Indigo hamlet , English , Jamaica

Indigo hamlet , English , Puerto Rico

Indigo hamlet , English , USA

Indigo hüpoplektrus , Estonian , Estonia

Indigo-hamletahven , Estonian , Estonia

紫青低紋鮨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

紫青低纹鮨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Vaca añil , Spanish , Cuba

Blårandig Fjärilsabborre , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Serranoidei

Family: Serranidae

Genus: Hypoplectrus

Species: Hypoplectrus indigo (Poey, 1851)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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A solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting coral reefs (Ref. 9710).

Habitat

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associated