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Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Laeops: Greek, laios = left + Greek,ops = appearacne (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 59 m (Ref. 86997). Tropical, preferred ?
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea endemic.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 99978)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 89-95;
Anal
soft rays: 70 - 74. This species is distinguished clearly from deep-bodied Grammatobothus in these 3 characters: dorsal-fin rays 87-97; anal- fin rays 70-75; body depth 2.2-2.6 in SL (Ref. 99978).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bogorodsky, S.V., T.J. Alpermann, A.O. Mal and M.H. Gabr, 2014. Survey of the demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea. Zootaxa 3852(4):401-437. (Ref. 99978)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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