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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Hypoplectrus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, plektron = sting, spur (Ref. 45335); castroaguirrei: Named for Dr. José Luis Castro-Aguirre.
Eponymy: José Luis Castro Aguirre (1943–2011) was a Mexican ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 90371). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: SW part of the Veracruz Reef System (VRS), Mexican Gulf.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90371)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the its coloration pattern: pale yellow body with a black vertical bar going from the dorsal edge of the head to the edge of the ventral preopercle; triangular black spot at the preopercle and another one that runs along the caudal peduncle; head with iridescent blue vertical lines bordering the eyespot, the contour of the eye socket and the triangular spot; anal, caudal and pelvic fins are bright yellow; pectoral fins are very faint yellow; dorsal fin is pale yellow with oblique positioned blue stripes (Ref. 90371).

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Del Moral Flores, L.F., J.L. Tello-Musi and J.A. Martínez-Pérez, 2012. Descripcíon de una nueva especie del género Hypoplectrus (Actinopterigy: Serrandae) del Sistema Arrecifa Veracruzana, suroeste de Golfo de México. Rev. Zool. 22:1-10. (Ref. 90371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Endangered (EN) (B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)); Date assessed: 09 January 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.00683 - 0.04629), b=3.03 (2.80 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei Del Moral Flores, Tello-Musi & Martínez-Pérez, 2012