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Liopropomini

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Liopropomini
Liopropoma aberrans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Liopropomini
Poey, 1867[1]
Genera

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Liopropomini is one of the five tribes in the subfamily Epinephelinae, the group including the groupers, which is part of the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and the sea basses.[2] They are found mainly in the Indo-Pacific region and in the Western Atlantic Ocean with a single species in the eastern Atlantic.[3]

Genera

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The following genera are included within the Liopropomini:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1.
  2. ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 446–448. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (December 2019). "Liopropomatinae". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 August 2020.