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Family Serranidae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Alphestes immaculatus

Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, Mexico, 50 feet

MUTTON HAMLET

A shy fish found in dark holes or seaweed at scuba depths.  Attains 12 inches.  Sea of Cortez to Peru.  Replaced by Alphestes afer in the Western Atlantic.