Laeops kitaharae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PLEURONECTIFORMES	BOTHIDAE

Scientific Name:	Laeops kitaharae
Species Authority:	(Smith & Pope, 1906)
Synonym/s:	Lambdopsetta kitaharae Smith & Pope, 1906 Leops kitaharae Smith & Pope, 1906

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Munroe, T.A. & Nielsen, J.G.
Reviewer/s:	Collen, B., Richman, N., Beresford, A., Chenery, A. & Ram, M.
Contributor/s:	De Silva, R., Milligan, H., Lutz, M., Batchelor, A., Jopling, B., Kemp, K., Lewis, S., Lintott, P., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Smith, J. & Livingston, F.
Justification: Laeops kitaharae has been assessed as Data Deficient. This species is taken as by-catch by a number of commercial trawl fisheries within Taiwan and possibly elsewhere. It is processed as fishmeal for the shrimp aquaculture industry. Much of this species range has been heavily exploited by commercial fisheries, but it is unknown what impact this has had on the population numbers of this species. Further research on the abundance is needed before a more accurate assessment of conservation status can be made.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Laeops kitaharae is an Indo-west Pacific flounder, recorded from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Thailand.
Countries:	Native: China; Hong Kong; Japan; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for Laeops kitaharae.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The flounder Laeops kitaharae is a demersal species that has a depth range of 70 - 300m. This species is likely to be found on sand-mud bottoms (J. G. Nielsen pers. comm. 2009). This species has a pelagic larval stage (J. G. Nielsen pers. comm. 2009). The lack of information on the abundance and biology of this species is likely due to their being no commercial interest in this species and its small size.
Systems:	Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

The flounder Laeops kitaharae is a demersal species that has a depth range of 70 - 300m. This species is likely to be found on sand-mud bottoms (J. G. Nielsen pers. comm. 2009). This species has a pelagic larval stage (J. G. Nielsen pers. comm. 2009). The lack of information on the abundance and biology of this species is likely due to their being no commercial interest in this species and its small size.

Systems:

Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Laeops kitaharae is taken as by-catch which is processed into fish meal in Taiwan and probably elsewhere (T. Munroe pers. comm. 2008). At present there is no catch data available for this species. The region in which this species can be found has been heavily exploited by commercial fisheries. It is not known what impact this has had on the population size.

Major Threat(s):

Laeops kitaharae is taken as by-catch which is processed into fish meal in Taiwan and probably elsewhere (T. Munroe pers. comm. 2008). At present there is no catch data available for this species. The region in which this species can be found has been heavily exploited by commercial fisheries. It is not known what impact this has had on the population size.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Laeops kitaharae. Further research on the abundance of this species is needed.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Laeops kitaharae.

Further research on the abundance of this species is needed.

Bibliography [top]

	Amaoka, K. 2000. Bothidae (lefteye flounders). In: J.E. Randall and K.K.P. Lim (eds), A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Supplement 8: 569-667, pp. 645. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore. Chen, C.H. 2004. Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. Fisheries Research Institute Special Publication, Taiwan. Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2001. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome, Italy. Froese, R. and Pauly, D. 2006. FishBase. Available at: www.fishbase.org. Fukui, A. 1997. Early ontogeny and systematics of Bothidae, Pleuronectoidei. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(1): 192-212. Fukui, A. and Ozawa, T. 1990. Early ontogeny of two bothid species, Psettina iijimae and Laeops kitaharae. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 37(2): 127-132. Goren, M. and Dor, M. 1994. An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES II). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel. Houde, E.D. 1984. Ontogeny and systematics of fishes. Based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom, 15-18 August 1983, La Jolla, California. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Hsieh, C.H. and Chiu, T.S. 2002. Summer spatial distribution of copepods and fish larvae in relation to hydrography in the northern Taiwan Strait. Zoological Studies 41(1): 85-98. Huang, Z. 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA. Hureau, J.C. 1991. La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. In: J. Allardi and P. Keith (eds), Atlas preliminaire des poissons d'eau douce de France, pp. 225-227. Museum D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010). Masuda, H., Amaoka, K., Araga, C., Uyeno, T. and Yoshino, T. 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. Ni, I.H. and Kwok, K.Y. 1999. Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zoological Studies 38(2): 130-152. Shao, K.-T. 1997. A checklist of fishes recorded in Taiwan and their distribution around Taiwan. Shao, K.T., Chen, J.P., Kao, P.H. and Wu, C.Y. 1993. Fish fauna and their geographical distribution along the western coast of Taiwan. Acata Zoologica Taiwanica 4(2): 113-140. Wongratana, T. 1975. Soleicthys siammakuti n. sp., a rare sole from the Gulf of Thailand. Senckenbergiana Biology 56(1/3): 21-29. Wood, L.J. 2007. MPA Global: a database of the world's marine protected areas. Available at: www.mpaglobal.org. Wu, H.L., Shao, K.T. and Lai, C.F. 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Amaoka, K. 2000. Bothidae (lefteye flounders). In: J.E. Randall and K.K.P. Lim (eds), A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Supplement 8: 569-667, pp. 645. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore.

Chen, C.H. 2004. Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. Fisheries Research Institute Special Publication, Taiwan.

Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2001. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome, Italy.

Froese, R. and Pauly, D. 2006. FishBase. Available at: www.fishbase.org.

Fukui, A. 1997. Early ontogeny and systematics of Bothidae, Pleuronectoidei. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(1): 192-212.

Fukui, A. and Ozawa, T. 1990. Early ontogeny of two bothid species, Psettina iijimae and Laeops kitaharae. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 37(2): 127-132.

Goren, M. and Dor, M. 1994. An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES II). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel.

Houde, E.D. 1984. Ontogeny and systematics of fishes. Based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom, 15-18 August 1983, La Jolla, California. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

Hsieh, C.H. and Chiu, T.S. 2002. Summer spatial distribution of copepods and fish larvae in relation to hydrography in the northern Taiwan Strait. Zoological Studies 41(1): 85-98.

Huang, Z. 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.

Hureau, J.C. 1991. La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. In: J. Allardi and P. Keith (eds), Atlas preliminaire des poissons d'eau douce de France, pp. 225-227. Museum D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).

Masuda, H., Amaoka, K., Araga, C., Uyeno, T. and Yoshino, T. 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan.

Ni, I.H. and Kwok, K.Y. 1999. Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zoological Studies 38(2): 130-152.

Shao, K.-T. 1997. A checklist of fishes recorded in Taiwan and their distribution around Taiwan.

Shao, K.T., Chen, J.P., Kao, P.H. and Wu, C.Y. 1993. Fish fauna and their geographical distribution along the western coast of Taiwan. Acata Zoologica Taiwanica 4(2): 113-140.

Wongratana, T. 1975. Soleicthys siammakuti n. sp., a rare sole from the Gulf of Thailand. Senckenbergiana Biology 56(1/3): 21-29.

Wood, L.J. 2007. MPA Global: a database of the world's marine protected areas. Available at: www.mpaglobal.org.

Wu, H.L., Shao, K.T. and Lai, C.F. 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Citation:	Munroe, T.A. & Nielsen, J.G. 2010. Laeops kitaharae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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