Species: Pseudogramma axelrodi, Axelrod's reef-bass


Pseudogramma axelrodi Allen & Robertson, 1995
Axelrod's reef-bass
Body elongate, compressed; head short, compressed, forehead convex; upper edge of eye with short, broad-based flap; mouth slightly oblique, reaches past rear of eye; dense band of simple teeth on each jaw; preoperculum with thick spine at upper angle, no serrations; operculum without visible spines; gill opening restricted above by fusion of operculum to body, a flap extending back from upper operculum to beyond pectoral base; 15 rakers on 1st gill arch; dorsal VII (rarely VI), 21-22, spines low, fin base long, end of soft part rounded; anal III , 17-18, long base, end of soft part rounded; pectoral 17-18 rays, rounded; pelvic I, 5, inserted under pectoral base; lateral line in 2 parts, with 35-36 & 18-23 scales on front and rear sections; scales smooth on head & front body, grading into rough posteriorly; inner ½ of dorsal, anal & pectoral covered with scales.
Brown overall, tan below; side of body with numerous large pale brown blotches in a dark mesh of lines; a large, prominent ocellated dark blotch on upper operculum; 2 dark lines run back and from lower half of eye across cheek; dorsal, tail, anal, and pelvic fins dark; pectorals translucent brown; juvenile uniformly brown body, tan head, diagonal white bar across cheek, vertical white bar under eye
Size: 8.5 cm.
Habitat: coral reef, cryptic.
Depth: 10-100 m.
Endemic to Clipperton.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Corals
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Clipperton Island endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Near threatened
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 100