Gramma (fish)

Gramma
Royal gramma (G. loreto)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Grammatidae
Genus:	Gramma Poey, 1868
Type species
Gramma loreto Poey, 1868

Gramma is a genus of fishes native to tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.^[1]

Members of the genus Gramma are brightly colored, generally with two different colors. They measure, depending on the species, between 6 and 10 centimetres (2.4 and 3.9 in).

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Gramma brasiliensis I. Sazima (fr), Gasparini & R. L. Moura, 1998 (Brazilian basslet)
• Gramma dejongi Victor & J. E. Randall, 2010 (Golden basslet)
• Gramma linki Starck & P. L. Colin, 1978 (Yellowlined basslet)
• Gramma loreto Poey, 1868 (Royal gramma)
• Gramma melacara J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1963 (Blackcap basslet)

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