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Laeops clarus Fowler, 1934

Clear fin-base flounder
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Common names: Dapang bilog
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality: 'Albatross' collections: Between Cebu and Bohol, in 162 fathoms (296.5 m), Stn. D. 5412, USNM 93083 (holotype, 15.5 cm) (Ref. 311); East coast of Luzon, San Bernadino Strait to San Miguel Bay; Atulayan I., 0 - 560 fathoms (1025 m), USNM 93560 (Paratype) (Ref. 11790). Collected from between Marinduque and Luzon (including San Andreas I.), between Panay and Negros; Batangas, Balayan Bay, south of Cape Santiago and southeast of Pagapas Bay, Batangas Bay, North Bauan; in Mindanao and Romblon I. (Ref. 126083). Also Ref. 280, 9494, 9824.
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Main Ref: Fowler, H.W., 1934
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Common names from other countries

Dapang bilog, 皇帝鱼, 扁鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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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