Lipogramma

Lipogramma
	Lipogramma anabantoides , the type species of the genus
Systematics
	Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
	Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
	Ovalentaria
	incertae sedis
Family :	Fairy bass (Grammatidae)
Genre :	Lipogramma
Scientific name
	Lipogramma
	Böhlke , 1960

Lipogramma is a genus of small marine fish found in the tropical, western Atlantic.

features

Lipogramma species are two to a maximum of seven centimeters long, have a stocky body and are generally brightly colored or striped in black and white. Characteristic features of the genus are 12 or 13 hard rays in the dorsal fin and three in the anal fin. The pelvic fins are supported by a hard fin ray and five soft rays. There are 26 scales in a middle row along the sides of the body. A sideline is missing. The gill cover is without spines. Both jaws and palatal and ploughshare bones are dentate. The caudal fin is rounded or slightly indented. The body scales are ctenoid .

species

Lipogramma evides

Lipogramma trilineata

Currently, 13 species belong to the genus Lipogramma .

Lipogramma anabantoides Böhlke, 1960 .
Lipogramma barrettorum Baldwin, Tornabene, Robertson, Nonaka, Gilmore, 2018 .
Lipogramma evides Robins & Colin, 1979 .
Lipogramma flavescens Gilmore & Jones, 1988 .
Lipogramma haberi Baldwin et al., 2016 .
Lipogramma idabeli Tornabene et al., 2018 .
Redhead fairy bass ( Lipogramma klayi ) Randall, 1963 .
Lipogramma levinsoni Baldwin et al., 2016 .
Lipogramma regium Robins & Colin, 1979 .
Lipogramma robinsi Gilmore, 1997 .
Lipogramma roseum Gilbert, 1979 .
Lipogramma schrieri Baldwin, Tornabene, Robertson, Nonaka, Gilmore, 2018 .
Lipogramma trilineata Randall, 1963 .

literature

Baldwin, CC, Robertson, DR, Nonaka, A. & Tornabene, L. (2016): Two new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma ), with comments on the eco-evolutionary relationships of the genus. ZooKeys 638: 45-82 (Dec 2016) doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.638.10455

James E. Böhlke (1960): Comments on serranoid fishes with disjunct lateral lines, with the description of a new one from the Bahamas. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 330: 1-11.

Web links

Commons : Lipogramma - collection of images, videos and audio files

Lipogramma on Fishbase.org (English)