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Gramma brasiliensis Sazima, Gasparini & Moura, 1998

Brazilian basslet
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Common names: Brazilian basslet, Grama, Loreto
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Sazima, I., J.L. Gasparini and R.L. Mourra, 1998
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Rio Grande do Norte south to Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, including Manuel Luiz Reefs and Fernando de Noronha (Ref. 27309, 57756). Museum: Roncadeira, Marataizes, Espirito Santo, MZUSP 51089 (Ref. 27309). One of the most popular fish in the aquarium fish trade and exports to the USA, Europe, and Japan increase the collecting pressure (Ref. 27309). Traded as an aquarium fish at Fortaleza, Ceará where it is often misidentified as Gramma loreto by untrained wholesalers (Ref. 49392).
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Main Ref: Sazima, I., J.L. Gasparini and R.L. Mourra, 1998
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Common names from other countries

Brasiliansk febars, Grama, Loreto, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Grammatidae (Basslets)
Etymology: Gramma: Greek, gramma, atos = signal, mark (Ref. 45335);  brasiliensis: Named for the given distribution of this basslet; endemic to the Brazilian Province..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 22 m (Ref. 27309).   Tropical; 8°S - 23°S

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Southwest Atlantic: endemic to Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27309)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found over coral and rocky bottoms, on the mainland coast and on coastal as well as oceanic islands. May be solitary or in groups of up to 4 individuals in small caves and under ledges, often swimming upside down, oriented to the ceiling. Feeds by picking at planktonic organisms in the water column; observed occasionally cleaning other fishes, including the pomacentrid Chromis multilineata and the haemulid Haemulon plumieri (Ref. 27309).

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Sazima, I., J.L. Gasparini and R.L. Mourra, 1998. Gramma brasiliensis, a new basslet from the western South Atlantic (Perciformes: Grammatidae). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(1):39-43. (Ref. 27309)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 27.3, mean 26.2 (based on 83 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5313   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).