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</script>https://world.dan.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Q3_113_Encounters.jpg900569SINCE THE LATE 1800S, debate among marine taxonomists has swirled around the species status of the stately little Caribbean sea basses in genus Hypoplectrus, commonly known as hamlets. At the heart of the controversy is the essence of taxonomy: What defines a species?