Gramma (fish)

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Gramma
Grammatidae - Gramma loreto.JPG
Royal gramma (G. loreto)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Grammatidae
Genus: Gramma
Poey, 1868
Type species
Gramma loreto
Poey, 1868
Blackcap basslet (G. melacara) Grammatidae - Gramma melacara.JPG
Blackcap basslet (G. melacara)

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

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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]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gramma". FishBase . August 2013 version.
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