Species: Hypoplectrus providencianus, Masked hamlet
pectoral black
Hypoplectrus providencianus Acero P. & Garzón-Ferreira, 1994
Masked hamlet
Head and body deep, strongly compressed; forehead straight; snout relatively short; top jaw protrusible; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it; teeth fixed; preoperculum angular, serrated, several small forward pointing spines on lower edge near the corner; gill rakers 17-23; dorsal fin X, 14-17, no notch after spines, membranes between spines not indented; pelvics long, reach to or beyond anus; tail fin slightly forked; lateral line scales 48-53; soft dorsal and anal fins mostly scaleless.
Head and body very pale tan; a wedge-shaped black bar below the black eye; pectorals range from whitish with upper border black, to almost entirely black; the tail base may have a black saddle or all its rear 1/4 may be black; the tail fin usually is entirely black, but occasionally is pale grey with black upper and lower edges; dorsal & anal fins pale grey, sometimes with a blue cast; pelvics blue-grey to black.
Reaches 13 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth range: 7-15 m.
The Turks and Caicos to the Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13
- Depth Range Min
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- 7
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
