How to Identify Butter Hamlet Fish

Black Hamlet Fish (also known as Hypoplectrus unicolor) are very common fish that can be found throughout the Caribbean and Bahamas as often as they can be found in a fish tank. The biggest impediment to seeing them, actually, is their skittish nature. They are quite shy and not likely to stick around if divers are in the vicinity.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Butter hamlet fish can be found throughout he Bahamas and Caribbean, and particularly off the coast of Florida. They are not found, however, in the Gulf of Mexico.

2. A pale fish no more than 3 to 5 inches in length, a butter hamlet ranges in color from grayish-white to even a light yellow, with yellow pelvis fins. Its head often sports bright blue lines, and occasionally even possess two black spots on its snout, outlined in the same iridescent blue.

3. Butter hamlet fish are especially distinguished by a single dark patch at the base of their tail.

4. Black hamlets are can be found anywhere from 5 to 100 feet deep, usually along the ocean floor.

5. Butter hamlet fish are extremely shy, nervous fish who often flee from divers, but who will happily feed on small fishes and crustaceans. They are often found in a well-defined territory.

Tips & Warnings

• All hamlet fish closely resemble each other, save for their coloring. Scientists have not yet fully agreed whether the different colors represent entirely different species.

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