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Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Laeops: Greek, laios = left + Greek,ops = appearacne (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 22 - 292 m (Ref. 9494). Deep-water
Western Pacific: Arafura Sea, South China Sea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Philippines, and Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9824)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 99 - 110; Anal soft rays: 78 - 88; Vertebrae: 46 - 49. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 5.0-6.7, body depth 2.5-3.2 in SL; upper profile with notch anterodorsal to upper margin of upper eye; pointrf snout;
pectoral-fin length of ocular side 9.7-11.7 in SL or about half of HL; teeth on the lower jaw of the blind side a narrow band; dorsal fin beginning behind posterior nostril nostrils of blind side, the first two rays detached from other rays, no rays prolonged and doral-fin pterigiophores shorter than neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 99-110, A 78-88, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 12-15, on blind-side 10-13, lateral line scales 86-100, gill rakers 3-5 + 5-9, vertebrae 10-11 + 36-38 (Ref. 126083).
Feeds on benthic animals.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 17 - 26.8, mean 20.9 °C (based on 276 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00408 - 0.02036), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
