Gramma (fish)

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

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)

Description

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

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)