Liopropoma terecaudum, Round-tailed Basslet

Liopropoma terecaudum Tang, Lai & Ho, 2025

Round-tailed Basslet
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Liopropomatidae (Painted basslets) > Liopropomatinae
Etymology: Liopropoma: Greek, leio = smooth + Greek, pro = in front of + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335); terecaudum: Name from Latin 'teres' meaning 'rounded' and 'cauda' for 'tail', referring to its diagnostic rounded caudal fin.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 150 - 200 m (Ref. 137547). Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137547)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with an indistinct notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; caudal fin rounded; D VIII,13; anterior portion of palatine tooth bands is broad, with ca. 6-8 rows of small villiform teeth. Colouration: body pink to red, a broad deep red stripe above body axis, extending from the tip of snout to upper half of caudal fin base; with a large deep red blotch at caudal fin base; the posterior margin of the caudal fin is white when fresh, becoming grey in preservation (Ref. 137547).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Based on the method of collection and syntopic fishes this species was collected with, it occurs presumably on rocky reef bottom or slope at the lower mesophotic or rariphotic zones (Ref. 137547).

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Tang, C.-N., N.-W. Lai and H.-C. Ho, 2025. Description of a new liopropomine basslet, Liopropoma terecaudum from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) Fish Biol. 2025;1-16. (Ref. 137547)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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