Species: Liopropoma santi, Tail-spot basslet
top lip orange
C: yellow + lower tip black
Liopropoma santi Baldwin & Robertson, 2014
Tail-spot basslet
Body moderately elongate, relatively slender, body depth at dorsal fin origin 23-26% SL, and compressed; head robust, conical, upper profile slightly convex; snout bluntly pointed in adult; eye relatively large (9.4-12% 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; 20-21 gill rakers, including rudiments; dorsal fin VIII, 13, rear part of spinous dorsal moderately indented, 3rd spine longest; anal fin III, 8.5, rear edge pointed; pectoral 15; tail base deep, strongly compressed; tail slightly forked; scales small, rough, 48 (47-48) with pores on lateral line, 2 more on tail fin base.
Adult with head purplish pink on snout and over eye, nape yellow, rest white; top lip entirely yellow-orange; iris yellow-orange; upper half of body yellow with a salmon tint to the lower part, lower body white, mid-flank with a pinkish tint; a series of ~13 back-pointing bright white chevron marks along lower body; dorsal fin yellow, anal and pelvics white; tail fin yellow, particularly at rear of both lobes, with an obvious reddish-black spot on the lower tip; pectorals clear. Juvenile like adult.
Reaches 14.3 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth range: 182-275 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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- 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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- Island (s) only
- All species..
- Caribbean endemic
- Antilles endemic
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- 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
- Length Max
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- 14.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 182
- Depth Range Max
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- 275
