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Royal gramma

Gramma loreto Poey, 1868

Status not recordedbony fish

The royal gramma (Gramma loreto) is a species in the family Grammatidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the royal gramma

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the royal gramma live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the royal gramma as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the royal gramma endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the royal gramma classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyGrammatidae
  6. genusGramma
  7. SpeciesGramma loreto Poey, 1868

Synonyms Gramma hemichrysos

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Fairy bassletEnglish
  • Peix àvia reialCatalan
  • 線鮨Chinese
  • kanícek fialovožlutýCzech
  • Konge-febarsDanish
  • FeenbarschGerman
  • loretoSpanish
  • KuninggrammaEstonian
  • KeijukalaFinnish
  • Gramma royalFrench
  • Gramma realeItalian
  • ロイヤルグラマJapanese
  • 로열그라마Korean
  • LoretkaPolish
  • Gramma-realPortuguese
  • Королевская граммаRussian
  • FeabborreSwedish
  • 藍紋鱸Chinese
  • 线鮨Chinese
  • Königs-FeenbarschGerman
  • Merito RabirrubioSpanish
  • Peixe-royal-grammaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the royal gramma

Other species in the same genus Gramma.

Basslet

Gramma dejongi

GrammatidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the royal gramma an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the royal gramma as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the royal gramma?

The royal gramma (Gramma loreto) belongs to the family Grammatidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Royal gramma (Gramma loreto). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/royal-gramma

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BibTeX
@misc{royal_gramma_2026,
  title = {Royal gramma (Gramma loreto)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/royal-gramma},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}