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Revised Diagnoses, Nomenclature, Distribution and Key for Identification of the Species of the Indo-Pacific Genus Laeops (Bothidae)

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This study provides updated species definitions for the genus Laeops based on character states outlined in original descriptions and found in examined type and non-type specimens. Nine species are granted full species status. Three synonyms are proposed, L. kitaharae, L. sinusarabici and L. tungkongensis. Lectotypes for L. lanceolata, L. nigrescens, L. nigromaculatus, L. parviceps and L. pectoralis are designated. Information on diagnostic characters, morphometry, studied material and photographs of each species are presented. Distribution ranges of Laeops species are herein updated. An identification key for valid species of Laeops is provided.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors extend sincere gratitude to Zora Gabsi and Jonathan Pfliger (MNHN) and Elena Pavlova (ZIN) for supplying the material examined and to Romain Causse (MNHN) for providing information on the specimen collecting. Special thanks to Thomas Munroe for his valuable suggestion and to Kevin Webb and Lucie Goodayle (BMNH Photo Unit) for providing photographs of type specimens. We are also indebted to the following individuals and institutions for the photographs and radiographs of specimens: S. Mishra (ZSI), David Catania and Jon Fong (CAS), Mark Sabaj Perez and Kyle Luckenbill (ANSP), Roger Bills (SAIAB). The first author extends appreciation to Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) and to Prof. Guy Duhamel, Director of the Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques for providing laboratory space and equipment and for financial assistance that provided opportunities to conduct research into its respective fish collections and libraries.

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The study was supported in part by a State Assignment АААА-А17-117030310197-7.

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    J. Maclaine

  3. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, Washington, United States

    S. Raredon

  4. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005, Paris, France

    P. Pruvost

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Voronina, E.P., Maclaine, J., Raredon, S. et al. Revised Diagnoses, Nomenclature, Distribution and Key for Identification of the Species of the Indo-Pacific Genus Laeops (Bothidae). J. Ichthyol. 60, 801–827 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945220060107

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