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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Laeops: Greek, laios = left + Greek,ops = appearacne (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 238 m (Ref. 54621). Subtropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126083)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 93 - 101; Anal soft rays: 72 - 81; Vertebrae: 45 - 47. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 3.7-4.4 in SL, body depth 2.5-2.7 in SL; upper profile no notch anterodorsal to eyes; snout with pointed tip; pectoral-fin length of ocular side 4.6-5.7 in SL and as long as head; upper jaw length about lower eye diameter; teeth on lower jaw in one of the blind side; dorsal fin beginning above posterior nostril of blind side, the first two rays of the dorsal fin detached from other rays, none prolonged and pterigiophores as long as neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 93-101, A 72-81, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 12-13, blind-side 11-13, caudal-fin rays 3 + 11 + 3, pelvic-fin rays on ocular side 6 and blind-side 6, lateral line scales 80-93, gill rakers 2-5 + 8-10, vertebrae 10 + 35-37 (Ref. 126083).

Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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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 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 10 August 2020

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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).

Laeops nigrescens Lloyd, 1907