Fairy Basslet
Gramma loreto
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ovalentaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Grammatidae
- Genus
- Gramma
Where to Find
Found in 48 diving areas across 27 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 7 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 15 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 41 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 15 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 12 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 28 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 39 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 12 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 12 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 905 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 503 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 24 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 6 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 11 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 5 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 3 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 82 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 7 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 7 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 3 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 673 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 624 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 707 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 12 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 8 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1353 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 948 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 10 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 19 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 5 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 5 records
- Utila, Honduras - 19 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 14 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 19 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records