Scientific Name	Liopropoma aragai   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Randall & Taylor, 1988	Depth	50 - 100M
Chinese	荒賀氏長鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	荒賀長鱸
Max Length	13.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鱠仔
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ryukyu Is.
Synonyms	Liopropoma lunulatum, Pikea lunulata
Reference	Koeda et al. (2019), Zootaxa, 4702(1):60-72.  Randall, J. E. etc. 1988 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056030. ASIZP0056826. ASIZP0058439. FRIP00759.
Common Name	Basslet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dosal rays VIII,12; anal rays III, 8; pectoral rays 15; lateral-line scales 48; scales above lateral line to origin of dosal fin 6; scales below lateral line to origin of anal fin 23; circumpeduncular scaled 42; Total gill raleves of first gill arch 6 + 14. Total firct gill arch. Light red on back when fresh, the scales with yellow centers, shading to whitish in abdomen; a yellow stripe from front to upper lip through eye, across upper operculum, and continuing broadly and diffusely onto anterior part of body.
habitats	Known from single specimen from Okinawa Island. This species is closely related to lunulatum. Masuda et al. thought it was a color variant of Lunulatum. It appears, however, to be distinct in its hogher spinous dorsal fin, more compressed body, narrower b
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan.
Utility	not commercial species, edible.