1286 . 
Genus Laeops Gflnther 
Laeops Gflnther , Rep. Voy, Challenger , vol. 1, pt. 6, p. 29, 1880. (Type, 
Laeops parviceps Gflnther, monotypio.) 
Scianeotes Alcook , Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 58, pt. 1, No. 3 d. 
284, 1889* (Type, Scianeotes lophoptere Aloock , monotypio*) 
Lambdopsetta Smith and Pope, Proc. U* S* Nat# Mus*, vol# 31, p* 496, 1906# 
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(Type, Lambdopsetta kitaharae Smith and Pope , monotypio.) 
? Laeoptichthys Hubbs , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 48, p. 460, 1915, (Type, 
Laeoptichthys fregilis Hubbs, orthotypic.) 
Body oblong or pyriform, more or less delicate to transparent. 
Head short or small. Eyes on left side, close together. Mouth cleft 
small or moderate, very narrow. Teeth minute, villiform, uniserial or 
in narrow bends in jaws. Palate toothless, sometimes vomerine teeth pres¬ 
ent. Gill opening moderately wide, membranes united anteriorly end rather 
broadly. Gill rakers well spaced or numerous, short, pointed. Lateral 
line with short arch over gill opening, rest axial end straight. Dorsal 
begins above front edge of eye. Pectoral small. Left ventral with loi;g 
base, in same line as anal, right ventral short and both fins distinct 
from anal. 
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