''Liopropoma'' is a
genus
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of marine
ray-finned fish
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The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
, related to the
grouper
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Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is ...
s and included in the
subfamily Epinephelinae
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Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is ...
, part of the
family
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Serranidae
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, which also includes the
anthias and sea basses. They are sometimes seen in the
marine aquarium
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trade.
Species
There are currently 32 recognized species of this genus:
* ''
Liopropoma aberrans''
Poey, 1860
* ''
Liopropoma africanum''
J. L. B. Smith, 1954 (African basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma aragai''
J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988
* ''
Liopropoma aurora''
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (Yellowmargin basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma carmabi''
J. E. Randall, 1963 (Candy basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma collettei''
J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 (Collette's basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma danae''
Kotthaus, 1970
* ''
Liopropoma dorsoluteum''
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* Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Places
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& Sakurai, 1999
* ''
Liopropoma emanueli''
Wirtz & Schliewen, 2012 (Cape Verdes basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma erythraeum''
J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988
* ''
Liopropoma eukrines''
Starck
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& Courtenay, 1962 (Wrasse bass)
* ''
Liopropoma fasciatum''
W. A. Bussing, 1980 (Wrasse ass bass)
* ''
Liopropoma flavidum''
J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988
*''
Liopropoma incandescens''
Pinheiro, Shepherd, Greene & Rocha, 2019
* ''
Liopropoma incomptum''
J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 (Plain basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma japonicum''
Döderlein ( de), 1883
* ''
Liopropoma latifasciatum''
S. Tanaka (I), 1922 (Blackstripe basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma lemniscatum''
J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 (Ribbon basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma longilepis''
Garman Garman is a surname or first name. Notable people with the name include:
Sports
* Ann Garman, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Judi Garman (born 1954), American softball coach
* Mike Garman (born 1949), American baseball pla ...
, 1899 (Scalyfin basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma lunulatum''
Guichenot, 1863
* ''
Liopropoma maculatum''
Döderlein ( de), 1883
* ''
Liopropoma mitratum''
Lubbock
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& J. E. Randall, 1978 (Pinstriped basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma mowbrayi''
Woods & Kanazawa
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, 1951 (Cave bass)
* ''
Liopropoma multilineatum''
J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 (Manyline perch)
* ''
Liopropoma olneyi''
Baldwin & G. D. Johnson, 2014 (Yellow-spotted golden bass)
[Baldwin, C.C. & Johnson, G.D. (2014): Connectivity across the Caribbean Sea: DNA Barcoding and Morphology Unite an Enigmatic Fish Larva from the Florida Straits with a New Species of Sea Bass from Deep Reefs off Curaçao. '' PLOS One, 9 (5): e97661''.]
* ''
Liopropoma pallidum''
Fowler, 1938 (Pallid basslet)
* ''
Liopropoma randalli''
Akhilesh, Bineesh & W. T. White, 2012
* ''
Liopropoma rubre''
Poey, 1861 (Peppermint bass)
* ''
Liopropoma santi''
Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2014 (Spot-tail golden bass)
[
* '' Liopropoma susumi'' D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Meteor perch)
* '' Liopropoma swalesi'' Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930 (Swales's basslet)
* '' Liopropoma tonstrinum'' J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 (Redstriped basslet)
]
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic
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studies have suggested that the western Atlantic species within the tribe
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Liopropomini, including the genus ''Bathyanthias'', form a monophyletic group with respect to the Indo-Pacific species currently classified as being within this genus. This further suggests that ''Bathyanthias'' is nested within ''Liopropoma'', these studies indicate that more research is needed into the limits of the genus ''Liopropoma''.
References
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Liopropomini
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill