Liopropomatidae
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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. There are two subfamilies: Liopropomatinae, and Diploprioninae (the barred soapfishes). Like the soapfishes of Grammistidae, the Diploprioninae are known to secret the mucus-like toxin grammistin.
They were formerly considered a tribe in the subfamily Epinephelinae, the group including the groupers.
Genera
The following genera are included within the Liopropomatidae:
- 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