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Laeops cypho Fowler, 1934

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Common names: Dapang bilog
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: 'Albatross' collections: Off northern Mindanao, in 182 fathoms (333 m),Stn. D. 5519, USNM 93085 (Holotype, 14.9 cm) (Ref. 311). Sombrero I., Batangas, 118 fathoms (216 m), USNM 93567 (Paratype) (Ref. 11790). Type locality identified as off Point Tagolo, Zamboanga Province, Mindanao (Ref. 280).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fowler, H.W., 1934
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Dapang bilog, ... 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
This species has no status in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883). Please send references, or more studies are needed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 216 - 333 m (Ref. 280).   Deep-water

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