WoRMS taxon details
Laeops macrophthalmus (Alcock, 1889)
278071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278071)
accepted
Species
Laeops lophoptera (Alcock, 1889) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Scianectes lophoptera Alcock, 1889 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. W. (1889). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' ... .--No. 10. List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal in 1888 and 1889, with descriptions of new and rare species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 279-295,. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Laeops macrophthalmus (Alcock, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278071 on 2025-06-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. W. (1889). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' ... .--No. 10. List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal in 1888 and 1889, with descriptions of new and rare species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 279-295,. [details]
original description (of Scianectes lophoptera Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. W. (1889). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' ... .--No. 10. List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal in 1888 and 1889, with descriptions of new and rare species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 279-295,. [details]
original description (of Scianectes lophoptera Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. W. (1889). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' ... .--No. 10. List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal in 1888 and 1889, with descriptions of new and rare species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 279-295,. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laeops macrophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase images (Laeops macrophthalmus, India, by Devarapalli, P.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laeops macrophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase images (Laeops macrophthalmus, India, by Devarapalli, P.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Scianectes macrophthalmus Alcock, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
