Laeops clarus, Clear fin-base flounder

Laeops clarus Fowler, 1934

Clear fin-base flounder
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Laeops: Greek, laios = left + Greek,ops = appearacne (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Fowler.

Issue
In some studies Laeops tungkongensis is a junior synonym of Laeops parviceps Günther 1880.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 48 - 413 m (Ref. 126083). Deep-water

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Western Pacific Ocean: Philippines, New Caledonia, and Taiwan.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 311)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 97 - 105; Anal soft rays: 80 - 86; Vertebrae: 49 - 51. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 5.3-6.7, body depth 3.2-3.8 in SL; upper profile without notch anterodorsal to upper margin of upper eye; snout round; length of pectoral fin of ocular side 9.5-13.1 in SL, about half of HL; upper jaw shorter than lower eye diameter; teeth 1-2 rows on lower jaw of the blind side; dorsal fin begin above nostrils of blind side, the first two rays of the dorsal fin detached from other rays of the fin; no rays prolonged; dorsal-fin pterigiophores longer than neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 97-105, A 80-86, pectoral-fin rays ocular-side 14-15, blind-side 10-15, lateral line scales 88-105; gill rakers 0-2 + 6-8, vertebrae 11 + 38-40 (Ref. 126083).
Cross section: flattened.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Known only from a depth of 296 m. Feeds on benthic animals.

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Voronina, E.P., J. Maclaine, S. Raredon and P. Pruvost, 2020. Revised diagnoses, nomenclature, distribution and key for identification of the species of the Indo-Pacific genus Laeops (Bothidae). J. Ichthyol. 60(6),801-827. (Ref. 126083)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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