Species: Lipogramma rosea, Rosy Basslet
C yellow + dark spots
D & A red
Lipogramma rosea Gilbert in Robins & Colin, 1979
Rosy Basslet
Elongate, compressed body; eye large, snout short; mouth at front; teeth on jaws, front and sides of roof of mouth; preopercle edge smooth; opercle with a flat projection; gill rakers long 13-18; dorsal fin XI, 6-7; anal fin III, 7; pectorals rounded, 15; pelvics I, 5, with 1st ray elongated, reaching past anal fin base; tail fin rounded; short, thick and spiny rays on upper and lower base of tail fin; no lateral line; 25-29 lateral scales.
Head and body rose to yellow; a yellow line along midline from snout to dorsal fin origin; tail fin yellow, with vertical rows of dark spots in center of fin; dorsal and anal fins red, with pale spots.
Reaches 13 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth range: 5-90 m.
The Bahamas to the southwest Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 90
