Laeops

Genus of fishes

Laeops

L. macrophthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Carangiformes
Suborder:  | Pleuronectoidei
Family:  | Bothidae
Genus:  | Laeops
Günther, 1880
Type species
Laeops parviceps

Günther, 1880

Synonyms

* Laeoptichthys Hubbs, 1915
* Lambdopsetta Smith & Pope, 1906
* Leptolaeops Fowler, 1934
* Scianectes Alcock, 1889

Laeops is a genus of small lefteye flounders from the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in deep water, although a few species have been recorded shallower than 100 m (330 ft).

## Species

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There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1]

* Laeops clarus Fowler, 1934 (Clear fin-base flounder)
* Laeops cypho Fowler, 1934
* Laeops gracilis Fowler, 1934 (Philippine slender flounder)
* Laeops guentheri Alcock, 1890 (Günther's flounder)
* Laeops kitaharae (H. M. Smith & T. E. B. Pope, 1906)
* Laeops macrophthalmus (Alcock, 1889)
* Laeops natalensis Norman, 1931 (Khaki flounder)
* Laeops nigrescens Lloyd, 1907
* Laeops nigromaculatus von Bonde, 1922 (Blackspotted flounder)
* Laeops parviceps Günther, 1880 (Small headed flounder)
* Laeops pectoralis (von Bonde, 1922) (Longarm flounder)
* Laeops sinusarabici Chabanaud, 1968
* Laeops tungkongensis J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1965

## References

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1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Laeops". FishBase. October 2012 version.

Taxon identifiers

Laeops|

* Wikidata: Q290053
* Wikispecies: Laeops
* AFD: Laeops
* BOLD: 140437
* CoL: 637MW
* GBIF: 2408483
* iNaturalist: 89305
* IRMNG: 1315034
* ITIS: 172854
* NCBI: 195618
* Open Tree of Life: 831483
* WoRMS: 205353

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