12765 Hypoplectrus chlorurus (Cuvier, 1828) Serranidae Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets Perciformes/Serranoidei Teleostei Yellowtail hamlet Western Central Atlantic: rare along the most of the continental western Caribbean, becoming occasional in the vicinity of Panama; Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, and islands off Venezuela. Absent from Florida, Marquesas Keys and the Dry Tortugas (USA); records from Texas, USA are almost certainly misidentified juveniles of <i>Epinephelus</i> sp.