FIGURE 2. The 18 in A review of 263 years of taxonomic research on Hypoplectrus (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a redescription of Hypoplectrus affinis (Poey, 1861)

FIGURE 2. The 18 unambiguously recognized hamlet species: a. Hypoplectrus unicolor (Florida Keys) b. H. castraguirrei (Veracruz) c. H. providencianus (Belize) d. H. puella (Statia) e. H. floridae (Florida) f. H. ecosur (Alacran Bank) g. H. liberte (Haiti) h. H. nigricans (Belize) i. H. atlahua (Veracruz) j. H. chlorurus (Bonaire) k. H. affinis (Florida Keys) l. H. randallorum (Roatan) m. H. aberrans (US Virgin Islands) n. H. guttavarius (US Virgin Islands) o. H. gummigutta (Tobago) p. H. indigo (Belize). q. H. gemma (Florida) r. H. maya (Belize). All photographs by CJE and AME except c (with permission from Reef Fish Identification, New World Publications, © 2002, Paul Humann), g (with permission from Ken Marks) and r (with permission from Lisa Carne, © Fragments of Hope 2018, http://fragmentsofhope.org/).