Abstract
A new eight-spined basslet, Liopropoma fasciatum, is described from off Isla del Caño, Pacific coast of Costa Rica and is apparently closely related to L. eukrines of the southeastern United States. The former has a dark longitudinal band of roughly equal width along the body, whereas L. eukrines has a wedgeshaped band which broadens posteriorly.
Liopropoma longilepis, known from the Gulf of Panama and Costa Rica, is currently assigned to the genus Pikea, thus L. fasciatum is the sole representative of Liopropoma presently known from the eastern Pacific.
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