Samariscus

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Samariscus
Samariscus corallinus.jpg
Coralline-red flounder (S. corallinus)
Samariscus longimanus.JPG
Long-finned flounder (S. longimanus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Samaridae
Genus: Samariscus
Gilbert, 1905
Type species
Samariscus corallinus
Gilbert, 1905

Samariscus is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.[1]

Species[]

Twenty recognized species are in this genus:

  • & , 1962
  • Gilbert, 1905 (coralline-red flounder)
  • , & , 1989
  • , 1982
  • , & , 2014 [2]
  • Weber, 1913 (Huysman's righteye flounder)
  • (, 1909)
  • , 1936
  • Matsubara & , 1951 (deep-body righteye flounder)
  • , 2009
  • Norman, 1927 (longfinned flounder)
  • Fowler, 1934 (Luzon righteye flounder)
  • Fowler, 1934 (large-mouth righteye flounder)
  • (Günther, 1880) (spotted righteye flounder)
  • , Amaoka & Séret, 2008
  • Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2011 (New Caledonian righteye flounder)
  • Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989 (Nielsen's righteye flounder)
  • Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Sunier's righteye flounder)
  • Samariscus triocellatus Woods, 1960 (three-spot righteye flounder)
  • Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Samariscus in FishBase. June 2017 version.
  2. ^ Diaz de Astarloa, J.M., Causse, R. & Pruvost, P. (2014): New dextral flounder Samariscus hexaradiatus sp. nov. (Samaridae, Pleuronectiformes) from the Solomon Islands, South-West Pacific Ocean. Cybium, 37 (4): 241-246.


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