TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Perciformes (Perch-likes)
Family: Grammatidae (Basslets)
Genus/species: Gramma dejongi
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: The body is golden-yellow, except for magenta surrounding pelvic-fin insertion, along ventral isthmus, operculum, and membranes and rearward along ventral abdomen; pelvic fins are bright purple-magenta with a darker streak along length of second soft-ray; presence of magenta patch covering first 3-4 dorsal-fin spines.
Length: Up to 4.5 cm (1.77 in)
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Tropical. Found on walls, in shallow reef areas in the Caribbean, Cuba. (only recently discovered in Cuba in 2010 )
Depth range down to 30 m (98.4 ft)
IUCN: Data deficient.
References:
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Water is Life 2018
fishbase www.fishbase.se/summary/65825
Ron’s flickr /https://www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/28949541998/in/album-72157659936804343/
Ron’s WordPress Shortlink. wp.me/p1DZ4b-1XQ
