WoRMS taxon details
Liopropoma africanum (Smith, 1954)
218258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218258)
accepted
Species
Chorististium africanum Smith, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ypsigramma africanum (Smith, 1954) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chorististium africanum Smith, 1954) Smith, J. L. B. (1954). Aberrant serraniform fishes from East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 12) v. 7 (no. 83) (art. 106): 861-872, Pl. 27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935408651802 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Liopropoma africanum (Smith, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218258 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chorististium africanum Smith, 1954) Smith, J. L. B. (1954). Aberrant serraniform fishes from East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 12) v. 7 (no. 83) (art. 106): 861-872, Pl. 27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935408651802 [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African basslet | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chorististium africanum Smith, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Ypsigramma africanum (Smith, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Chorististium africanum Smith, 1954)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liopropoma africanum FIN033946 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liopropoma africanum FIN033947 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chorististium africanum Smith, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Ypsigramma africanum (Smith, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Chorististium africanum Smith, 1954)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liopropoma africanum FIN033946 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liopropoma africanum FIN033947 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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