Basslet

Description: Body relatively thin, somewhat long and narrow with a large eye and large terminal mouth. pectoral-fin rays very long, pelvic fins short, dorsal and anal-fin bases relatively long, caudal peduncle wide and short.

Diagnosis: Modal fin-ray counts of D-VII,18-19 A-III,15-16 indicate Pseudogramma gregoryi. (U)

Live adults dark reddish brown with pale reddish blotches; opercular spot black. Side of lips with a dark-edged whitish bar. Dark red dots extending posteriorly from the eye absent. Adults with a broad-based, slender, triangular, dermal flap dorsally on eye. A pair of large pores in interorbital space, one on each side close to the edge of the orbit; a small median pore posteriorly in interorbital space. Tubular anterior nostril when laid back slightly more than half distance to posterior nostril; when projecting forward, about 1/4 distance from edge of snout to edge of orbit, just reaching groove at base of upper lip. Second lateral line not fully developed. Longitudinal scale series 42-46.

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 19; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 26

Inhabits areas with live coral. Common in rubble but secretive. Feeds on crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref. 27020). Mobile invertebrate feeder (Ref. 126840).

Maximum depth from Ref. 126840. Inhabits areas with live coral. Common in rubble but secretive (Ref. 9710). Feeds on crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref. 27020).

aquarium: commercial