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Rare fish and behavior - 2 of 3

            Continuing with rare fish. This is a hamlet, but a hybrid hamlet that we have never seen other than this one specimen. 

Hamlets don't create a lot of excitement among most divers (you don't hear people at the dive shop announcing that they found a hamlet) but I do like paying attention to them. On Bonaire the barred, butter and yellowtail hamlets are relatively common. The tan and black are uncommon. The shy hamlet is rare (we have only spotted one) and the shy will create excitement among the fish cognoscenti. 

But this hamlet is none of them. It must be a hybrid. My guess is between butter (the yellow cream color), the barred (streaks on the nose) and a tan (black dot before tail fin), but that wouldn't explain the blues and purples. 

Hamlets are one of the few vertabrates that are simultaneous hermaphrodites (i.e., both male and female at the same time).

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Taken in: BES Islands / Bonaire / Hoop (show map)

Taken on: February 23, 2023

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No-name site between Angel City and Alice in Wonderland

hamlet

butter

tan

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rod

coral

reef

marine

shore

diving

dive

scuba

Bonaire

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Caribbean

Atlantic

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Hypoplectrus

simultaneous hermaphrodites

WACP-C

Nauticam

28-80

Angel City

Alice in Wonderland

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Sets appears in: • 2023 - Jan Feb

Groups appears in: • World Wildlife Showcase (Invited images only)

Camera: Canon EOS R5, f/13.0, 1/160 sec, 80mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R5
Lens:	EF28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	80mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.3 (Macintosh)
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