Species: Gramma linki, Yellowcheek basslet
head 3-4 yellow stripes
Gramma linki Starck & Colin, 1978
Yellowcheek basslet
Elongate, compressed body; eye large, snout short; mouth at front; teeth on jaws, and front and sides of roof of mouth; preopercle serrated; opercle with 2 short, flat spines; gill rakers long, 15-35; dorsal fin XI-XIII, 8-9; anal fin III, 6-10; pectorals rounded, 16-18; pelvics I, 5, with 1st ray elongated, sometimes reaching past anal fin base; short rays on upper and lower base of tail fin not thick and spiny; tail fin strongly concave; lateral line in two parts, upper part ending under end of dorsal fin base, lower part on tail base.
Body and fins purplish brown to bluish grey, many of the body scales with a small yellow spot; head with dull yellow forehead and nape, 3-4 yellow stripes from eye across cheek and operculum; iris yellow
Reaches 8 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth range: 20-180 m.
Bahamas to the S Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8
- Depth Range Min
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- 20
- Depth Range Max
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- 180
