CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Perciformes (order)  »  Serranidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 311251 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Liopropoma japonicum   (Döderlein, 1883)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name: [a basslet]
Organism Type: a basslet
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 311932     Liopropoma spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-01.
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Expected species depth range is from 40 to 286 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on Tea et al 2025 from imagery taken at Lihou Reef, Coral Sea in 286 m depth. Also recorded from off Lord Howe Island (AMS specimen cited in Tang et al 2025).
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Tang, C.-N., Lai, N.-W. and Ho, H.-C. , 2025. Description of a new liopropomine basslet, Liopropoma terecaudum, from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Epinephelidae)., Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 107, 3: 902-917. doi:10.1111%2Fjfb.70086
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