Species: Lipogramma robinsi, Yellowbar Basslet

Lipogramma robinsi Gilmore, 1997

Yellowbar 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 1 short, flat projection; gill rakers long, 16 lower rakers; dorsal fin XII, 9; anal fin III, 8; pectorals rounded, 15; pelvics I, 5, with 1st ray elongated, reaching to end of anal fin base; short rays on upper and lower base of tail fin thick and spiny; no lateral line; 21-25 lateral scales.

Head and body translucent green to flesh colored; nape bright yellow; body with10-12 thin, light, sand-yellow bars that are outlined with thin black lines, from top to bottom profiles; dorsal and tail fins translucent, with ~3 rows of yellow spots, white outer margins; rear base of dorsal fin with a large, black, white ringed ocellus; anal fin translucent, with white basal area, 3 rows of yellow spots; pelvics white, with 2-3 rows of black spots

Reaches 2.9 cm.

Lives on deep reefs.

Depth range: 202-290 m.

The Bahamas and NW Caribbean.