Laeops is a genus of small lefteye flounders from the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in deep water, although a few species have been recorded shallower than .
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
- Laeops clarus <small>Fowler, 1934</small> (Clear fin-base flounder)
- Laeops cypho <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
- Laeops gracilis <small>Fowler, 1934</small> (Philippine slender flounder)
- Laeops guentheri <small>Alcock, 1890</small> (Günther's flounder)
- Laeops kitaharae <small>(H. M. Smith & T. E. B. Pope, 1906)</small>
- Laeops macrophthalmus <small>(Alcock, 1889)</small>
- Laeops natalensis <small>Norman, 1931</small> (Khaki flounder)
- Laeops nigrescens <small>Lloyd, 1907</small>
- Laeops nigromaculatus <small>von Bonde, 1922</small> (Blackspotted flounder)
- Laeops parviceps <small>Günther, 1880</small> (Small headed flounder)
- Laeops pectoralis <small>(von Bonde, 1922)</small> (Longarm flounder)
- Laeops sinusarabici <small>Chabanaud, 1968</small>
- Laeops tungkongensis <small>J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1965</small>
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