Liopropoma carmabi, the candy basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae.

[2] The head, body, and caudal fin of the candy basslet houses horizontal orange and lavender stripes, separated by red lines, giving it a defined vignette, thus signifying why the species chooses a secretive fashion of housing.

[7] L. carmabi are commonly found over rocky reefs, especially areas with more minimally sized corals, and instead rich rock shelter and rubble.

[2] Commercially, due to their defined and appealing phenotype, aquarium trade is desirable but rare, because of the difficulty to reach their deep habitats.

[8] An individual of the species is worth $1,000 ranking it at #10 for the world's most expensive tropical fish from India.

[3] This behavior indicates courtship between the two sexes, and spawning takes place: an external mode of zygote fertilization.Similarly, to the genus Liopropoma, Epinephelinae distributes spherical, small to medium eggs offshore from oceanic islands in the open sea.

[4] The invasive lionfish, Pterois, is known to prey on candy basslets, but the extent of this threat has not been determined.