Species: Liopropoma olneyi, Yellow-spotted basslet
yellow stripe: snout to operculum
Liopropoma olneyi Baldwin & Johnson, 2014
Yellow-spotted basslet
Body moderately elongate, relatively slender, body depth at dorsal fin origin 20-24% SL, and compressed; head pointed, with nearly straight upper profile; eye moderately large (7.8-9.4% SL); front nostril tubular, near top lip; mouth moderately large, slightly oblique, lower jaw projecting; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it, lower rear corner of top jaw bone with prominent, bluntly pointed, ventral projection; rear edge of preopercle not serrated; operculum with 3 broad flat spines at rear; 17-19 gill rakers, including rudiments; dorsal fin IX , 11, rear part of spinous dorsal weakly indented, 3rd spine longest; anal fin III, 8.5, rear edge pointed; pectoral 14-15; tail base deep, strongly compressed; tail slightly forked; scales small, rough, 47-48 with pores on lateral line.
Head white, a bright yellow stripe from tip of snout, through eye to top corner of operculum, top of snout and over eye pink, nape yellow; iris white, with a yellow stripe across middle; body with upper half yellow, white below with a pinkish tint along upper part of white zone; a broad band of yellow spots along mid-side of body and tail base, on both the yellow and white zones; dorsal, tail and anal fins yellow; pelvics white with yellow front edge; pectorals clear. Juvenile similar to adult, but with upper body pinkish, most of body with yellow spots, upper body profile yellow.
Reaches 10.4 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth range: 105-229 m.
Known only from Curacao, S Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Antilles endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s) only
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 105
- Depth Range Max
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- 229
- Length Max
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- 10.4
