Labels:bulletin board | hakham | sky OCR: SERRANIDAE Hamlets This group IS lovely, if some- what difficult observe genus 11 species 01 the Serranidae fami- ly. They occur exclusively in the tropical western Atlantic We have recorded nearly all members this shy group of fish found in the Caribbean The hamlets are func- tionally hermaphroditic, but pair off spawn, and may alternate male and female roles Despite the close similarities of many Caribbean species of hamlets, and much discussion of hybridization among them it IS now known that this does not occur Unlike other amonc