Alex Mustard / Yellowbelly hamlets (Hypoplectrus aberrans) pair spawning at dusk (artifically backlit). Hamlets are hermaphroditic species. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Black hamlet (Hypoplectrus nigricans) and Yellowbelly hamlet (Hypoplectrus aberrans) spawning at dusk. As this genus is quite recently evolved hybridization is still possible. Hamlets are one of the...

Alex Mustard / Pair of Yellowbelly hamlets (Hypoplectrus aberrans) spawning at dusk. Hamlets are one of the few vertebrate species that are true hermaphrodites, here the fish with the open mouth is acting as a male...

Alex Mustard / Long exposure showing a pair of Yellowbelly hamlets (Hypoplectrus aberrans), one is a hybird with Shy hamlet (Hypoplectrus guttavarius) spawning at dusk. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Bri...