Hypoplectrus gummigutta

Hypoplectrus gummigutta, the golden hamlet or butter hamlet, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea bass from the subfamily Serraninae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the groupers and anthias. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.[2]

Hypoplectrus gummigutta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Serraninae
Genus: Hypoplectrus
Species:
H. gummigutta
Binomial name
Hypoplectrus gummigutta
(Poey, 1851)
Synonyms[2]
  • Plectropoma gummigutta Poey, 1851

References

  1. Anderson, W.; Carpenter, K.E.; Gilmore, G.; Milagrosa Bustamante, G. & Robertson, R. (2015). "Hypoplectrus gummigutta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16751128A16781773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16751128A16781773.en. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Hypoplecrus gummigutta" in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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