Liopropoma santi Baldwin & Robertson, 2014
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 santi, the spot-tail golden bass, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and classified within the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae. It has been collected from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean; it is the deepest occurring Liopropoma species in the Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Liopropoma santi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:03:46.424431+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Liopropoma santi Baldwin & Robertson, 2014
- Name authority
- Baldwin & Robertson, 2014
- 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 santi Baldwin & Robertson, 2014
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.
- Baldwin, C., & Robertson, R. (2014). A new Liopropoma sea bass (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Liopropomini) from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, with comments on depth distributions of western Atlantic liopropomins. ZooKeys, 409: 71–92. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.409.7249 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:3V7JF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.