Liopropomatidae
Family of marine fishes
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Liopropomatidae, the painted basslets, are a family of marine perciform fish. They are found mainly in the Indo-Pacific region and in the Western Atlantic Ocean with a single species in the eastern Atlantic.[2] There are two subfamilies: Liopropomatinae, and Diploprioninae (the barred soapfishes).[3][4] Like the soapfishes of Grammistidae, the Diploprioninae are known to secret the mucus-like toxin grammistin.
| Liopropomatidae | |
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| Liopropoma aberrans | |
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| Barred soapfish (Diploprion bifasciatum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Family: | Liopropomatidae Poey, 1867[1] |
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They were formerly considered a tribe in the subfamily Epinephelinae, the group including the groupers.[5]
Genera
The following genera are included within the Liopropomatidae:[6]
- Family Liopropomatidae
- Subfamily Liopropomatinae Poey, 1867
- Bathyanthias Günther, 1880
- Liopropoma Gill, 1861
- Rainfordia McCulloch, 1923
- Subfamily Diploprioninae Bleeker, 1874 (barred soapfishes)
- Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
- Belonoperca Fowler & B.A. Bean, 1930
- Diploprion Cuvier, 1828
- Subfamily Liopropomatinae Poey, 1867