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Liopropoma incomptum Randall & Taylor, 1988

Source-backed taxonomic record

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 incomptum Randall & Taylor, 1988
Name authority
Randall & Taylor, 1988
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderPercoidei
  12. familyEpinephelidae Bleeker, 1874
  13. genusLiopropoma Gill, 1861
  14. speciesLiopropoma incomptum Randall & Taylor, 1988

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Liopropoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
African bassletLiopropoma africanum (Smith, 1954)EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Liopropoma aragai Randall & Taylor, 1988EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
candy bassletLiopropoma carmabi (Randall, 1963)EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Liopropoma collettei Randall & Taylor, 1988EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Liopropoma dorsoluteum Kon, Yoshino & Sakurai, 1999EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
wrasse bassLiopropoma eukrines (Starck & Courtenay, 1962)EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
rainbow bassletLiopropoma fasciatum Bussing, 1980EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Liopropoma flavidum Randall & Taylor, 1988EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Liopropoma latifasciatum (Tanaka, 1922)EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
scalyfin bassletLiopropoma longilepis Garman, 1899EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Liopropoma maculatum (Döderlein, 1883)EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall, 1978EpinephelidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 144 records assigned to Epinephelidae.

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.

  1. Randall, J. E., & Taylor, L. (1988). Review of the Indo-Pacific fishes of the serranid genus Liopropoma, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pac. Fish., 16. 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:72H3Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.