Etropus
| Etropus | |
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| Etropus crossotus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Paralichthyidae |
| Genus: | Etropus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
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Etropus is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.
Species[]
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]
- & , 2005
- D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Fringed flounder)
- & , 1986 (Shelf flounder)
- Chabanaud, 1940
- Chabanaud, 1940
- , 1963 (Delsman's flounder)
- D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Sole flounder)
- Norman, 1933
- Etropus microstomus (T. N. Gill, 1864) (Smallmouth flounder)
- Hildebrand, 1946 (Peruvian flounder)
- Etropus rimosus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885 (Gray flounder)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Etropus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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Categories:
- Paralichthyidae
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
- Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert
- Pleuronectiformes stubs