Blackcap Basslet
Gramma melacara
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 22 diving areas across 12 countries and 5 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 8 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 13 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 6 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 18 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 20 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 5 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 6 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 19 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 11 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 10 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 9 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 3 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 6 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 4 records