rubre, Liopropoma Poey [F.] 1861:418 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Syntypes: (2) MCZ 9691 (1, as holotype). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:193 [ref. 22926] with a holotype. Originally Liopropoma ? rubre. •Valid as Liopropoma rubre Poey 1861 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:143 [ref. 23100], Randall & Taylor 1988:3 [ref. 6429], Cervigón 1991:368 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:434 [ref. 23827], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:212 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:107 [ref. 26784], Heemstra et al. 2003:1326 [ref. 27060], Smith et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:164 [ref. 28815], Wirtz & Schliewen 2012:151 [ref. 32169], Page et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32708], Baldwin & Johnson 2014:7 [ref. 33312], Baldwin & Robertson 2014:75 [ref. 33311], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:41 [ref. 33341], Parenti & Randall 2020:108 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:79 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Esmaeili et al. 2023:225 [ref. 40327], Page et al. 2023:197 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Liopropoma rubre Poey 1861. Liopropomatidae: Liopropomatinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas to northern South America, including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.