Hamlet?

[mntlblok]

I assume that this is some kind of Hamlet, no?
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I'm trying to put "tags" (accurately, where I can ) on as many of my Flickr underwater shots as I can get around to, and when I got to this one today, I didn't know what to tag it with. As I recall, it was in 30 to 40 feet near Sosua Bay on the north coast of Dominican Republic, February, 2009. Hamlet-sized.

Kevin

 

[deborahdelamar]

Looks like a hybrid hamlet to me, though it may be a tan -- I've never seen one of those...

 

[Kukuisa]

There's blue on the front of the ventral fin, which indicates toward a Tan Hamlet.

 

[mntlblok]

http://fw.dpnr.gov.vi/education/AndyWebPage/MarineLifePages/BonyFishTypes/HamletPages.htm
Tan Hamlet - Hypoplectrus sp. - Hamlets - - South Florida Reefs

I'll be dern. Hadn't know there *was* such a Hamlet. Thanks!

Kevin

 

[Walter]

They aren't very common, but we see them from time to time in Florida.