Liopropoma emanueli Wirtz & Schliewen, 2012
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Liopropoma emanueli, the Cape Verde basslet, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and classified within the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic waters around Cape Verde, western Africa where it is found in rocky areas at depths of 20 to 36 metres (66 to 118 ft). Its length is 10 to 12 cm.
Wikipedia contributors, Liopropoma emanueli; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:03:38.570166+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Liopropoma emanueli Wirtz & Schliewen, 2012
- Name authority
- Wirtz & Schliewen, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Liopropoma
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyEpinephelidae Bleeker, 1874
- genusLiopropoma Gill, 1861
- speciesLiopropoma emanueli Wirtz & Schliewen, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Liopropoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| African bassletLiopropoma africanum (Smith, 1954) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma aragai Randall & Taylor, 1988 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| candy bassletLiopropoma carmabi (Randall, 1963) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma collettei Randall & Taylor, 1988 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma dorsoluteum Kon, Yoshino & Sakurai, 1999 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| wrasse bassLiopropoma eukrines (Starck & Courtenay, 1962) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rainbow bassletLiopropoma fasciatum Bussing, 1980 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma flavidum Randall & Taylor, 1988 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma latifasciatum (Tanaka, 1922) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scalyfin bassletLiopropoma longilepis Garman, 1899 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma maculatum (Döderlein, 1883) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall, 1978 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Wirtz, P., & Schliewen, U. K. (2012). A new species of Liopropoma Gill, 1862 from the Cape Verde Islands, Eastern Atlantic (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae). Spixiana 35(1):149-154. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3V7HP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.