Gramma (fish)

Genus of fishes

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

Blackcap basslet (G. melacara)

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

## Description

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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).

## Species

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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)

## References

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1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gramma". FishBase. August 2013 version.

## External links

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* Animal Diversity
* Catalogue of Life

Taxon identifiers

Gramma|

* Wikidata: Q544281
* Wikispecies: Gramma
* ADW: Gramma
* BOLD: 47225
* CoL: 4QN6
* GBIF: 2380557
* iNaturalist: 88600
* IRMNG: 1342029
* ITIS: 168016
* NCBI: 274799
* WoRMS: 269262

Authority control databases

National|

* United States
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX