''Laeops'' is a
genus
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of small
lefteye flounder
Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides. The family is also distinguished by the presence of ...
s from the
Indo-Pacific
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. They are mainly found in deep water, although a few species have been recorded shallower than .
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Laeops clarus''
Fowler, 1934 (Clear fin-base flounder)
* ''
Laeops cypho''
Fowler, 1934
* ''
Laeops gracilis''
Fowler, 1934 (Philippine slender flounder)
* ''
Laeops guentheri''
Alcock Alcock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred William Alcock, British naturalist
* C. W. Alcock, British sports administrator, creator of the FA Cup
* Charles R. Alcock, American astronomer
* Deborah Alcock, British auth ...
, 1890 (Günther's flounder)
* ''
Laeops kitaharae''
( H. M. Smith & T. E. B. Pope, 1906)
* ''
Laeops macrophthalmus''
(Alcock Alcock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred William Alcock, British naturalist
* C. W. Alcock, British sports administrator, creator of the FA Cup
* Charles R. Alcock, American astronomer
* Deborah Alcock, British auth ...
, 1889)
* ''
Laeops natalensis''
Norman
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* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries
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, 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
Bothidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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