FB-66310 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66310 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Akysidae Akysis Akysis bilustris Ng, 2011 Maya hamlet 2011-10-25 2024-03-18 Lobel, P.S.0 A review of the Caribbean hamlets (Serranidae, <i>Hypoplectrus</i>) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3096:1-17. (Ref. 88139) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Lobel, P.S. and L.K. Lobel0 A ten-year record shows warming inside the Belize Barrier Reef Lagoon. Diversity 16(57):1-12. (Ref. 132243) Puebla, O., A. Aguilar-Perera, M. Helmkampf, D.R. Robertson, C.J. Estapé, A.M. Estapé and O. Domínguez-Domínguez0 <i>Hypoplectrus espinosai</i> sp. nov. (Teleostei: Serranidae), a new hamlet on coral reefs in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 5618(4):509-524. (Ref. 137920) FB-GeneralDescr-66319 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2011-11-14 19:39:59 2025-09-19 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66319 This species is often found among the mangrove roots that grow over shallow seagrassbeds. The colors of H. maya and the tunicate, Clavelina puerto-secensis, (growing on mangrove roots) are quite similar and perhaps this hamlet has evolved camouflage coloration against this tunicate. It has also been observed on several occasions that this species attacks small silversides (Jenkinsia lamprotaenia) which form diurnal aggregations among the mangrove roots (Ref. 88139). The conservation threats to this are related to climate-associated changes as well as coral-reef degradation and pollution due to the close proximity of their habitat to well-populated coastal areas (Ref. 137920). Lobel, P.S. 2011 A review of the Caribbean hamlets (Serranidae, <i>Hypoplectrus</i>) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3096:1-17. (Ref. 88139) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66319 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2011-11-14 00:00:00 2011-11-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66319 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the solid deep iridescent blue color and lack of black margins on fins. It is similarly colored as the blue hamlet, H. gemma, from Florida and the Yucatan; it is only distinguished by having dark black upper and lower margins on the caudal fin (Ref. 88139). Lobel, P.S. 2011 A review of the Caribbean hamlets (Serranidae, <i>Hypoplectrus</i>) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3096:1-17. (Ref. 88139) FB-Morphology-66319 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2011-11-14 00:00:00 2011-11-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66319 Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7; Vertebrae: 23 Lobel, P.S. 2011 A review of the Caribbean hamlets (Serranidae, <i>Hypoplectrus</i>) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3096:1-17. (Ref. 88139) FB-Distribution-66319 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2011-11-14 19:50:02 2024-10-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66319 Caribbean Sea: Endemic to Belize (Pelican Cays). Lobel, P.S. and L.K. Lobel 2024 A ten-year record shows warming inside the Belize Barrier Reef Lagoon. Diversity 16(57):1-12. (Ref. 132243) FB-Uses-66319 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2011-11-14 19:39:59 2025-09-19 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66319 fisheries: commercial FB-Size-66319 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2011-11-14 19:39:59 2025-09-19 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66319 8.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 88139)) Lobel, P.S. 2011 A review of the Caribbean hamlets (Serranidae, <i>Hypoplectrus</i>) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3096:1-17. (Ref. 88139) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-66319 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2011-11-14 19:39:59 2025-09-19 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66319 reef-associated; marine