Liopropomatidae

Liopropomatidae
Liopropoma aberrans
Barred soapfish ( Diploprion bifasciatum )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Percoidei
Family:	Liopropomatidae Poey, 1867 [1]
Genera
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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 LiopropomatinaePoey, 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

References

1. 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 .
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (December 2019). "Liopropomatinae". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
3. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.