Species: Liopropoma longilepis, Scalyfin basslet
fin edges yellow
Liopropoma longilepis Garman, 1899
Scalyfin basslet
Body moderately elongate and compressed; head pointed, with nearly horizontal upper profile; eye moderate to large; mouth moderately large, slightly oblique, lower jaw projecting; lower rear corner of top jaw bone with prominent, bluntly pointed, ventral projection; rear edge of preopercle serrated; operculum with 3 broad flat spines at rear; dorsal fin with VIII spines, 12, strongly notched, 3rd spine longest; anal rays III,8; pectoral rays 15; tail base deep, strongly compressed; tail slightly concave; scales small, rough; fins with scaled bases and scales along most of the fin rays.
Upper head and body pink, whitish below (uniform red in dead fish); iris blue-grey; a yellow brown stripe from center of rear of eye to tip of snout; a red stripe from the rear of the eye along the body midline to the center of the tail fin; a yellowish stripe along top of top jaw back toward lower rear corner of operculum, this becomes broken as it proceeds back; a yellowish stripe along top of body on each side of midline, from center of nape back to top edge of tail fin; unpaired fins pinkish, outer half of dorsal fin yellow; upper and lower edges of tail yellow; front edge of anal and pelvic fins yellow.
Size: to 26 cm.
Inhabits rocky and coral reefs.
Depth: 50-250m.
Baja California, Costa Rica and Panama, the Galapagos.
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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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- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef only
- 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
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 26
- Depth Range Min
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- 50
- Depth Range Max
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- 250
