Description

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Body blackish (the intensity of the black can vary from bluish to brownish ). All fins pigmented, including the pectorals.

Common Names

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Bad lucks , English , Jamaica

Black hamlet , English , Bahamas

Black hamlet , English , Belize

Black Hamlet , English , Cuba

Black hamlet , English , Haiti

Black hamlet , English , Jamaica

Black hamlet , English , Puerto Rico

Black hamlet , English , USA

Black hamlet , English , Global

Black snapper , English , Jamaica

横带低纹鮨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

橫帶低紋鮨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Mero carbonero , Spanish , Mexico

Vaca negra , Spanish , Cuba

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Serranoidei

Family: Serranidae

Genus: Hypoplectrus

Species: Hypoplectrus nigricans (Poey, 1852)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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A solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting shallow reefs (Ref. 9710). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 26180). Often found near the bottom around soft and hard corals. Occasionally been seen spawning with the H. chlorurus (Ref. 26938)

Habitat

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associated