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Aquatic Life > Fish > Pacific Mutton Hamlet | |
Pacific Mutton Hamlet This fish ranges in depth from 15-100'. They can be seen from the Sea of Cortez to Panama. They are solitary fish and inhabit reefs and rocky, boulder-strewn slopes where they rest on the bottom, often in the shade. | |
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| Features: | This is a colorful spotted fish that goes from a Juvenile phase to adult and can go through a reddish phase which can make them look like a different type of fish altogether. They have numerous small, whitish blotches and spots with a bright red iris, dark pupil that is often green. The juvenile has white spots over their head, body and fins except pectoral and ventral. In the reddish phase they are a mottled reddish brown with black specks. During the reddish phase they appear yellow at depth (light is absorbed with reds disappearing first) but are a mottled red. |
| Size: | Fish grows from 4-7" with a maximum of 10". |
| Cautions: | None |
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