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Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Hypoplectrus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, plektron = sting, spur (Ref. 45335); affinis: Name refers to the fact that this species is related but not identical to H. nigricans and H. chlorurus (which also applies to H. atlahua and H. randallorum which were not described at the time).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 2 - 12 m (Ref. 125712). Tropical
Western Atlantic: Nicaragua, Mexico, Florida Keys, Grand Cayman, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Bonaire and Tobago.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 125712)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 10; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 15; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 7; Wirbelzahl: 24. This species is distinguished from all named congeners by colouration by the following characters: body and dorsal fin are brown, no dark vertical bars, pelvic fins are bright smoky blue and anal fin ranges from smoky blue to brown with smoky blue tones; lips are smoky blue and the iris is yellow; most similarly coloured, unbarred hamlets are H. randallorum, H. chlorurus, H. nigricans, H. atlahua, which differ most from H. affinis in the ground colour of the body (lighter (tan) in H. randallorum which also has large dark spots on the caudal peduncle and snout) and darker (black) in H. chlorurus, H. nigricans, H. atlahua, plus H. chlorurus has yellow pectoral and caudal fins (Ref. 125712).
Found in reef areas, with its foraging behaviour suggesting that like the other hamlets, it is a mesopredator. In Bocas del Toro and Guna Yala (Panama), it has been observed at depths
ranging from 2 to 12 m.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
Puebla, O., F. Coulmace, C.J. Estapé and A.M. Estapé, 2022. A review of 263 years of taxonomic research on Hypoplectrus (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a redescription of Hypoplectrus affinis (Poey, 1861). Zootaxa 5093(2):101-141. (Ref. 125712)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.00683 - 0.04629), b=3.03 (2.80 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).