Basslet

Taxobox
name = Basslets

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image_caption = Royal gramma, "Gramma loreto "
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Grammatidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Gramma" "Lipogramma" See text for species.
synonyms = "Grammidae"

The basslets are a small family, Grammatidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. The twelve members (in two genera) are all small fish of the western Atlantic, typically no more than 10 cm in length. Several species are colorful and popular for marine aquaria. They can also change their gender.

Distinctive features include a lateral line divided into two subsegments or missing entirely, and a sizeable pectoral fin with one spine.

A number of other species may be called "basslets", in particular members of Serranidae, where they may be called "fairy basslets."

pecies

There are twelve species in two genera:
* Genus "Gramma"
** Brazilian basslet, "Gramma brasiliensis" Sazima, Gasparini & Moura, 1998.
** Yellowlined basslet, "Gramma linki" Starck & Colin, 1978.
** Royal gramma, "Gramma loreto" Poey, 1868.
** Blackcap basslet, "Gramma melacara" Böhlke & Randall, 1963.
* Genus "Lipogramma"
** Dusky basslet, "Lipogramma anabantoides" Böhlke, 1960.
** Banded basslet, "Lipogramma evides" Robins & Colin, 1979.
** Yellow basslet, "Lipogramma flavescens" Gilmore & Jones, 1988.
** Bicolor basslet, "Lipogramma klayi" Randall, 1963.
** Royal basslet, "Lipogramma regium" Robins & Colin, 1979.
** Yellowbar basslet, "Lipogramma robinsi" Gilmore, 1997.
** Rosy basslet, "Lipogramma roseum" Gilbert, 1979.
** Threeline basslet, "Lipogramma trilineatum" Randall, 1963.

References

*FishBase family|family=Grammatidae|year=2005|month=November