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Liopropomatidae (Painted basslets) > Liopropomatinae
Etymology: Liopropoma: Greek, leio = smooth + Greek, pro = in front of + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335); olneyi: Named for John E. Olney.
Eponymy: John Edward Olney Sr (1947–2010) was an American ichthyologist, fisheries biologist and naturalist who worked at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin pelagic-neritic; profondeur 123 - 220 m (Ref. 95863). Tropical
Caribbean: adults are known from images and specimens from Curaçao. Larvae are known from the Florida Straits and Gulf of Mexico.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 95863)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 9; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8; Vertèbres: 24. This liopropomin serranid is distinguished by the following set of adult and larval characters: D IX,11; A III, 8; pectoral fin 14-15; in adults - lateral-line scales 46-48, length of first dorsal spine 4.5% SL; margin of spinous dorsal fin shallowly indented posteriorly (fourth spine 9.7-12% SL, fifth spine only slightly shorter than fourth, 8.3-9.3% SL, and sixth-ninth spines approximately subequal, 5.5–8.9% SL); in larvae, second-eighth spines elongate, 57.1-150% SL; body of adults slender, depth at dorsal-fin origin 23% SL and the least caudal-peduncle depth is 13-15% SL. Predominant color of adults when alive is yellow; yellow covering dorsal portion of trunk, in stripe from tip of upper jaw to posterior edge of operculum and in narrower broken stripe from ventral edge of orbit to posterior edge of operculum, on dorsal and caudal fins, and in stripe on anal fin; top of head is dark rose/orange, ventral portions of head and trunk pale rose to white; dorsal and ventral portions of trunk with scattered yellow spots. When preserved in alcohol, the head and trunk uniformly pale, slightly paler on abdomen and throat. Larvae has a conspicuous pattern of orange chromatophores in life on head and trunk, orange pigment on elongate second dorsal-fin spine associated with swellings in sheath covering spine, several orange blotches on anal-fin rays, large blotch of orange pigment covering most of pelvic fin, and melanophores on spinous dorsal fin (Ref. 95863).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Collected from rocky slopes and ledges. When threatened, it retreats into small caves and crevices. Larva from Florida Straits was captured between 25 and 50 m (Ref. 95863).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Baldwin, C. and G.D. Johnson, 2014. Connectivity across the Caribbean Sea: DNA barcoding and morphology unite an enigmatic fish larva from the Florida Straits with a new species of sea bass from deep reefs off Curaçao. PLoS ONE 9(5):e97661. (Ref. 95863)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 19.7 - 23.7, mean 21.4 °C (based on 7 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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