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Class: Teleostei
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae Lefteye flounders

Genus: Laeops

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12 species (see list below)
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Photo by FAO

Western Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 15.5 cm TL
Laeops clarus Fowler, 1934

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Laeops clarus
[Clear fin-base flounder]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 14.9 cm TL
Laeops cypho Fowler, 1934

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Laeops cypho
[]

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Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 16.5 cm TL
Laeops gracilis Fowler, 1934

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Laeops gracilis
[Philippine slender flounder]

Photo by FAO

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Laeops guentheri Alcock, 1890

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Laeops guentheri
[Günther's flounder]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Laeops kitaharae (Smith & Pope, 1906)

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Laeops kitaharae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13 cm SL
 
Laeops lanceolata
[]

Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11.2 cm SL
Laeops macrophthalmus (Alcock, 1889)

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Laeops macrophthalmus
[]

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Laeops natalensis Norman, 1931

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Laeops natalensis
[Khaki flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.8 cm SL
 
Laeops nigrescens
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific, South Afric
Max. Length 21 cm TL
Laeops nigromaculatus von Bonde, 1922

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Laeops nigromaculatus
[Blackspotted flounder]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Laeops parviceps Günther, 1880

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Laeops parviceps
[Small headed flounder]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 19 cm TL
Laeops pectoralis (von Bonde, 1922)

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Laeops pectoralis
[Longarm flounder]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Laeops clarus Clear fin-base flounder Western Pacific Ocean 15.5 TL 1934
Laeops cypho Western Central Pacific 14.9 TL 1934
Laeops gracilis Philippine slender flounder Western Central Pacific 16.5 TL 1934
Laeops guentheri Günther's flounder Indian Ocean 14 TL 1890
Laeops kitaharae Indo-West Pacific 20 SL 1906
Laeops lanceolata Pacific Ocean, Japan, Chi 13 SL 1910
Laeops macrophthalmus Indian Ocean 11.2 SL 1889
Laeops natalensis Khaki flounder Western Indian Ocean 14 TL 1931
Laeops nigrescens Western Indian Ocean 12.8 SL 1907
Laeops nigromaculatus Blackspotted flounder Indo-Pacific, South Afric 21 TL 1922
Laeops parviceps Small headed flounder Western Pacific 14 TL 1880
Laeops pectoralis Longarm flounder Western Indian Ocean 19 TL 1922



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