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🌊 Marine Data Deficient 🌡️ Deep-water

Clear fin-base flounder

Laeops clarus Fowler, 1934
Max Length
15.5 cm
Max Weight
Lifespan
Trophic Level
3.5
Depth
48–413 m
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
33.00/100
Typical Length
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Overview information for Clear fin-base flounder is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Laeops clarus
Authority
Fowler, 1934
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
15.5 cm
Depth Range
48–413 m
Trophic Level
3.5
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
33.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 97 - 105; Anal soft rays: 80 - 86; Vertebrae: 49 - 51. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 5.3-6.7, body depth 3.2-3.8 in SL; upper profile without notch anterodorsal to upper margin of upper eye; snout round; length of pectoral fin of ocular side 9.5-13.1 in SL, about half of HL; upper jaw shorter than lower eye diameter; teeth 1-2 rows on lower jaw of the blind side; dorsal fin begin above nostrils of blind side, the first two rays of the dorsal fin detached from other rays of the fin; no rays prolonged; dorsal-fin pterigiophores longer than neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 97-105, A 80-86, pectoral-fin rays ocular-side 14-15, blind-side 10-15, lateral line scales 88-105; gill rakers 0-2 + 6-8, vertebrae 11 + 38-40 .Cross section: flattened.

🌀 Behaviour

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🦐 Diet

Diet information for Clear fin-base flounder is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Clear fin-base flounder is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 48 - 413 m . Deep-water Pacific Ocean: Philippines, New Caledonia, and Taiwan.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.5±0.37
Food Items

benthic animals

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00912 × L3.04 (TL)
Max TL
15.5cm
Dorsal Rays
101
Anal Rays
83
Vertebrae
50

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2017

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
33.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.5
Predator
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Fowler, 1934

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 1 records indexed .

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