Hypoplectrus indigo, Indigo hamlet : fisheries, aquarium

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Hypoplectrus indigo (Poey, 1851)

Indigo hamlet
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Hypoplectrus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, plektron = sting, spur (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 3 - 45 m (Ref. 9710), usually 3 - 17 m (Ref. 9761). Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Prickkarta | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

Western Central Atlantic: Haiti, Bahamas, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Florida (USA) and continental western Caribbean. Absent in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles.

Size / Vikt / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.3 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5521)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

About 5 deep blue bars of uneven width; second bar, below dorsal fin, much wider than others (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

A solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting coral reefs (Ref. 9710).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Medarbetare

Domeier, M.L., 1994. Speciation in the serranid fish Hypoplectrus. Bull. Mar. Sci. 54(1):103-141. (Ref. 26407)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; Akvarium: Kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 585 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 76.7 [43.1, 153.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.656 [0.355, 1.241] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.135 [0.080, 0.225] g/100g; Selenium = 27.6 [15.3, 55.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 91.6 [24.2, 399.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.3 [0.8, 2.0] mg/100g (wet weight);