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  <dc:contributor>D. Ross Robertson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Carole C. Baldwin</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2014</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Collecting reef-fish specimens using a manned submersible diving to 300 m off Cura&amp;ccedil;ao, southern Caribbean, is resulting in the discovery of numerous new fish species. The new&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Liopropoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;sea bass described here differs from other western Atlantic members of the genus in having VIII, 13 dorsal-fin rays; a moderately indented dorsal-fin margin; a yellow-orange stripe along the entire upper lip; a series of approximately 13 white, chevron-shaped markings on the ventral portion of the trunk; and a reddish-black blotch on the tip of the lower caudal-fin lobe. The new species, with predominantly yellow body and fins, closely resembles the other two &amp;ldquo;golden basses&amp;rdquo; found together with it at Cura&amp;ccedil;ao:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;L. aberrans&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;L. olneyi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. It also shares morphological features with the other western Atlantic liopropomin genus,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bathyanthias&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Preliminary phylogenetic data suggest that western Atlantic liopropomins, including&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bathyanthias&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, are monophyletic with respect to Indo-Pacific&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Liopropoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bathyanthias&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is nested within&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Liopropoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, indicating a need for further study of the generic limits of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Liopropoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. The phylogenetic data also suggest that western Atlantic liopropomins comprise three monophyletic clades that have overlapping depth distributions but different depth maxima (3&amp;ndash;135 m, 30&amp;ndash;150 m, 133&amp;ndash;411 m). The new species has the deepest depth range (182&amp;ndash;241 m) of any known western Atlantic&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Liopropoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;species. Both allopatric and depth-mediated ecological speciation may have contributed to the evolution of western Atlantic Liopropomini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3897/zookeys.409.7249</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Pensoft</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>A new Liopropoma sea bass (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Liopropomini) from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, with comments on depth distributions of western Atlantic liopropomins</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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