Fish ID- Hamlet Genus

Broad dark bar on mid-body

tan to yellow body with 6 brownish bars on head and body

bright blue lines and spots on head and chest

Barred Hamlet

overall brown-black or purple color

broad, rounded dorsal fin

no bars or blotches

Black Hamlet

body and fins iridescent blue

blueish black with black margin caudal fin

caudal fin concave

dorsal fin broad and rounded

Blue Hamlet

A black blotch on the caudal peduncle can form a ring

blue ring around eyes

numerous lines and spots on head

snout can have black blotches

Butter hamlet

brown body bars with white/olivey under body

broad bar on midbody (goes from dorsal down)

thin blue lines on the head and blue spots on the snout

two distinct spots on base of tail behind last body bar

Florida Hamlet

bodu and fins bright yellow (can be more orangey color)

Blackish blotch on snout and jaws surrounded by bright blue lines

may have blue lines behind eyes and at base of the opercle

dorsal and pelvic fins can have blue margins

Golden Hamlet

The head and body have alternating deep blue and white bars

widest bar below the spiny dorsal fin

The dorsal fin is broad and rounded

Pelvic fins are blue ot pale blue

body is relatviely deep and compressed

Indigo Hamlet

Head, abdomen and, fin are all yellow

body from nape to caudal fin base is dark blueish to purple/black

blackish blotch with bright blue border on snout

can have blue likes aound eyes and to corner of preopercle

concave caudal fin

dorsal fin is rounded

dark blotch makes it feels like its trying to hide→ its ____.

Shy Hamlet

pale brown to yellowish brown

sark smudge at smout

can have dark spots ar pectroal fin base and caudal peduncle

pale brown to yellowish brown, bluish wash around mouth

Tan Hamlet

yellow under body and fins

blue or brown dorsal color that does not go past midbody

Yellowbelly Hamlet