Lipogramma levinsoni Hourglass Basslet

Lipogramma levinsoni is commonly referred to as Hourglass Basslet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. D. Ross Robertson, Panama

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Scientific:: Lipogramma levinsoni
German:: Feenbarsch
English:: Hourglass Basslet

Category:: Gramma

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Grammatidae (Family) > Lipogramma (Genus) > levinsoni (Species)
Initial determination:: Baldwin, Nonaka & Robertson, 2016

Occurrence:: Curacao, Dominica, Jamaica, San Salvador, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 108 - 146 Meter
Size:: 2,8 cm
Temperature:: °F - 19,8 °F (°C - 19,8°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lipogramma anabantoides
Lipogramma evides
Gebänderter Feenbarsch
Lipogramma flavescens
Lipogramma klayi
Zweifarben Feenbarsch
Lipogramma regia
Feenbarsch
Lipogramma robinsi
Lipogramma rosea
Lipogramma trilineata
Feenbarsch

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-12-28 21:29:30
Last edit:: 2020-04-24 18:59:09

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Baldwin, Nonaka & Robertson, 2016

Lives in or hovers above small rocky rubble on gradual slopes at depths of 108-154 m. When approached by the submersible, L. levinsoni disappears into the rubble. We observed them often in pairs.

Source: Two new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma), with comments on the eco-evolutionary relationships of the genus
ZooKeys 638: 45-82 (07 Dec 2016)
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.638.10455

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Grammatidae (Family) > Lipogramma (Genus) > Lipogramma evides (Species)

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Advanced Aquarists (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Erstbeschreibung von Lipogramma levinsoni (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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