Spot-tail golden bass

Liopropoma santi

Spotted Seabass of the Caribbean Sea

Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Central America and the Caribbean
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

Liopropoma santi, the spot-tail golden bass, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and classified within the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae. It has been collected from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean; it is the deepest occurring Liopropoma species in the Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Liopropoma
Maximum length: 11.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Caribbean: Curaçao.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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