Headband Perch, Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall 1978


Other Names: Pinstriped Basslet

A Headband Perch, Liopropoma mitratum, at Ra, Fiji, November 2016. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
A reddish-brown to greyish basslet, becoming redder posteriorly.

Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Liopropoma mitratum in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3867

Headband Perch, Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall 1978

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Distribution

Recorded in Australia from Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.

Species Citation

Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall, 1978, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 64(3): 191, fig. 2. Type locality: 30 m outside fringing reef, Al Korae, Jidda, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Headband Perch, Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall 1978

References


Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. 

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.

Kuiter, R.H. 2004. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 1, 216 pp.

Lubbock, R. & Randall, J.E. 1978. Fishes of the genus Liopropoma (Teleostei: Serranidae) in the Red Sea. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 64(3): 187-195.

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

Randall, J.E. & Taylor, L.R. 1988. Review of the Indo-Pacific fishes of the serranid genus Liopropoma, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 16: 1-47 col. pls 1-4

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37311157

Depth:3-46 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:9 cm TL

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