Monolene

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Monolene
Monolene atrimana.jpg
M. atrimana
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Deepwater flounder (M. sessilicauda)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Monolene
Goode, 1880
Type species
Monolene sessilicauda
Goode, 1880
Synonyms
  • Delothyris Goode, 1883
  • Thyris Goode, 1880

Monolene is a genus of small, mainly deepwater lefteye flounders from the Atlantic and East Pacific.

Species[]

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Norman, 1933 (slim flounder)
  • , 1936 (Asaedae flounder)
  • Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
  • Bruun, 1937
  • Garman, 1899 (Acapulco flounder)
  • & , 2000
  • Garman, 1899 (Pacific deepwater flounder)
  • Woods, 1961
  • (Poll, 1959) (Merten's moonflounder)
  • Cadenat, 1937 (smallmouth moonflounder)
  • Goode, 1880 (deepwater flounder)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Monolene in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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