Pseudorhombus
Pseudorhombus | |
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Pseudorhombus arsius | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Paralichthyidae |
Genus: | Pseudorhombus Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Rhombus polyspilos Bleeker 1853
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Synonyms | |
Pseudorhombus is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of P. binii found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches 40 cm (16 in) in length.[1]
Species[]
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Norman, 1927 (Ringed flounder)
- M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Peacock flounder)
- Pseudorhombus arsius (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Largetooth flounder)
- , 1955
- (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Cinnamon flounder)
- (Ōshima, 1927)
- Norman, 1926 (Four twin-spot flounder)
- Regan, 1905 (Ocellated flounder)
- J. D. Ogilby, 1912 (Deep flounder)
- (Bleeker, 1853) (Javan flounder)
- (Bleeker, 1855) (Small-toothed flounder)
- (Ōshima, 1927)
- Bleeker, 1865 (Malayan flounder)
- Fowler, 1934
- Norman, 1927
- Gilchrist, 1904 (Natal flounder)
- Bleeker, 1865
- , 1969
- (Bleeker, 1854) (Roughscale flounder)
- Günther, 1862 (Fivespot flounder)
- Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Five-eyed flounder)
- McCulloch, 1914 (Spiny flounder)
- (Waite, 1899)
- (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Three spotted flounder)
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Pseudorhombus in FishBase. May 2014 version.
Categories:
- Paralichthyidae
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Marine fish genera
- Pleuronectiformes stubs