Butter Hamlet
Hypoplectrus unicolor
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Hypoplectrus
Where to Find
Found in 46 diving areas across 27 countries and 3 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 9 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2983 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 9 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 619 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 541 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 5 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 6 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 8 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 425 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 190 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 171 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 257 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 662 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 20 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 18 records
- Utila, Honduras - 21 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 11 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 3 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 7 records