scalyfin basslet
Liopropoma longilepis Garman, 1899
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Liopropoma longilepis Garman, 1899
- Name authority
- Garman, 1899
- Common name
- scalyfin basslet
- 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 longilepis Garman, 1899
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 |
| Liopropoma maculatum (Döderlein, 1883) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall, 1978 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| cave bassLiopropoma mowbrayi Woods & Kanazawa, 1951 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Liopropoma liolepis Garman, 1899 Garman, 1899 | synonym |
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.
- Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. In: Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... By the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross,” during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.27494 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:3V7J2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.