Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae Lefteye flounders

Genus: Laeops

(See list of species below)

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13 species (see list below)

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Photo by FAO

Laeops clarus
[Clear fin-base flounder]

No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 14.9 cm TL

Laeops cypho
[]

Photo by FAO

Laeops gracilis
[Philippine slender flounder]

Photo by FAO

Laeops guentheri
[Günther's flounder]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Laeops kitaharae
[]

Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Laeops macrophthalmus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Laeops natalensis
[Khaki flounder]

No picture found
Indo-West Pacific

Laeops nigrescens
[]

Photo by FAO

Laeops nigromaculatus
[Blackspotted flounder]

Photo by CSIRO

Laeops parviceps
[Small headed flounder]

Photo by SFSA

Laeops pectoralis
[Longarm flounder]

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.

Laeops sinusarabici
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Laeops tungkongensis
[]

13 Species of Family Bothidae with Genus Laeops
(Lefteye flounders)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1934	Laeops clarus	Clear fin-base flounder	Western Central Pacific	15.5 TL
1934	Laeops cypho		Western Central Pacific	14.9 TL
1934	Laeops gracilis	Philippine slender flounder	Western Central Pacific	16.5 TL
1890	Laeops guentheri	Günther's flounder	Indo-West Pacific	14 TL
1906	Laeops kitaharae		Indo-West Pacific	20 SL
1889	Laeops macrophthalmus		Eastern Indian Ocean
1931	Laeops natalensis	Khaki flounder	Western Indian Ocean	14 TL
1907	Laeops nigrescens		Indo-West Pacific
1922	Laeops nigromaculatus	Blackspotted flounder	Western Indian Ocean	21 TL
1880	Laeops parviceps	Small headed flounder	Western Pacific	14 TL
1922	Laeops pectoralis	Longarm flounder	Western Indian Ocean	19 TL
1968	Laeops sinusarabici		Western Indian Ocean	10.4 SL
1965	Laeops tungkongensis		Western Central Pacific

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: PleuronectiformesFamily: Bothidae Lefteye floundersGenus: Laeops(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae Lefteye flounders

Genus: Laeops

(See list of species below)