Author: Sazima, Gasparini & Moura, 1998
FBname: Brazilian basslet
Comments: Found over coral and rocky bottoms, on the mainland coast and on coastal as well as oceanic islands.  May be solitary or in groups of up to 4 individuals in small caves and under ledges, often swimming upside down, oriented to the ceiling.  Feeds by picking at planktonic   organisms in the water column; observed occasionally cleaning other fishes, including the pomacentrid <i>Chromis multilineata</i> and the haemulid <i>Haemulon plumieri</i> (Ref. 27309).