Liopropomatidae
| Liopropomatidae | |
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| Liopropoma aberrans | |
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| Barred soapfish (Diploprion bifasciatum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Family: | Poey, 1867[1] |
| Genera | |
| See text | |
Liopropomatidae, the painted basslets, are a family of marine perciform fish. They are found mainly in the Indo-Pacific region and in the Western Atlantic Ocean with a single species in the eastern Atlantic.[2] There are two subfamilies: Liopropomatinae, and Diploprioninae (the barred soapfishes).[3][4] Like the soapfishes of Grammistidae, the Diploprioninae are known to secret the mucus-like toxin grammistin.
They were formerly considered a tribe in the subfamily Epinephelinae, the group including the groupers.[5]
Genera
The following genera are included within the Liopropomatidae:[6]
- Family Liopropomatidae
- Subfamily Liopropomatinae Poey, 1867
- Bathyanthias Günther, 1880
- Liopropoma Gill, 1861
- Rainfordia McCulloch, 1923
- Subfamily Diploprioninae Bleeker, 1874 (barred soapfishes)
- Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
- Belonoperca Fowler & B.A. Bean, 1930
- Diploprion Cuvier, 1828
- Subfamily Liopropomatinae Poey, 1867
References
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (December 2019). "Liopropomatinae". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1). doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN 0079-032X.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 446–448. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liopropomatidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2025.