Common names:
Brazilian basslet, Grama, Loreto
Occurrence:
endemic
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
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Importance:
commercial
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Ref: Sazima, I., J.L. Gasparini and R.L. Mourra, 1998
Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Ranges from Rio Grande do Norte south to Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, including Manuel Luiz Reefs and Fernando de Noronha (Ref. 27309, 57756). Museum: Roncadeira, Marataizes, Espirito Santo, MZUSP 51089 (Ref. 27309). One of the most popular fish in the aquarium fish trade and exports to the USA, Europe, and Japan increase the collecting pressure (Ref. 27309). Traded as an aquarium fish at Fortaleza, Ceará where it is often misidentified as Gramma loreto by untrained wholesalers (Ref. 49392).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Sazima, I., J.L. Gasparini and R.L. Mourra, 1998
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Grammatidae (Basslets)
Etymology: Gramma:Greek, gramma, atos = signal, mark (Ref. 45335); brasiliensis:Named for the given distribution of this basslet; endemic to the Brazilian Province..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 22 m (Ref. 27309). Tropical; 8°S - 23°S
Distribution
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