Liopropoma

Liopropoma is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and included in the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are sometimes seen in the marine aquarium trade.

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species of this genus:Liopropoma aberrans Poey, 1860Liopropoma africanum J. L. B. Smith, 1954 Liopropoma aragai J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988Liopropoma aurora D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Liopropoma carmabi J. E. Randall, 1963 Liopropoma collettei J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 Liopropoma danae Kotthaus, 1970Liopropoma dorsoluteum Kon, Yoshino & Sakurai, 1999Liopropoma emanueli Wirtz & Schliewen, 2012 Liopropoma erythraeum J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988Liopropoma eukrines Starck & Courtenay, 1962 Liopropoma fasciatum W. A. Bussing, 1980 Liopropoma flavidum J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988

Liopropoma incandescens Pinheiro, Shepherd, Greene & Rocha, 2019Liopropoma incomptum J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 Liopropoma japonicum Döderlein, 1883Liopropoma latifasciatum S. Tanaka (I), 1922 Liopropoma lemniscatum J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 Liopropoma longilepis Garman, 1899 Liopropoma lunulatum Guichenot, 1863Liopropoma maculatum Döderlein, 1883Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & J. E. Randall, 1978 Liopropoma mowbrayi Woods & Kanazawa, 1951 Liopropoma multilineatum J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988 Liopropoma olneyi Baldwin & G. D. Johnson, 2014 Liopropoma pallidum Fowler, 1938 Liopropoma randalli Akhilesh, Bineesh & W. T. White, 2012Liopropoma rubre Poey, 1861 Liopropoma santi Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2014 Liopropoma susumi D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 Liopropoma swalesi Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930 Liopropoma tonstrinum J. E. Randall & L. R. Taylor, 1988

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic studies have suggested that the western Atlantic species within the tribe 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.