Species: Lipogramma idabeli, Blue-backed Basslet
black and blue ocellus on shoulder

Lipogramma idabeli Tornabene, Robertson & Baldwin, 2018
Blue-backed 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, 15-35; dorsal fin XI-XIV, 6-10; anal fin III, 6-10; pectorals rounded, 14-19; pelvics I, 5, with 1st ray elongated, sometimes reaching past anal fin base; short rays on upper and lower base of tail fin thick and spiny; no lateral line.
Lower head and body yellowish brown; top of head, nape and front of back bright blue; iris bright blue; shoulder under dorsal fin origin with a large rounded black blotch, ringed in bright blue; dorsal fin bluish, with two rows of yellow spots on spiny part, several rows on soft part; upper body and rear corner of soft dorsal with an ocellus with a yellow, brown flecked center (black in juvenile) and a bright blue outer ring; tail fin translucent yellowish, with pale bluish spots in center; anal fin yellowish, with blue spots; pelvic fins translucent yellowish, with translucent blue rays; pectoral fins translucent.
Reaches ~3 cm
Vertical rock faces on deep reefs
Depth range: 122-165 m
Known only from Roatan.

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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- 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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- Caribbean endemic
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3
- Depth Range Min
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- 122
- Depth Range Max
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- 165