Sorsogona

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Sorsogona
Sorsogona tuberculata.jpg
Tuberculated Flathead (S. tuberculata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
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Genus:
Sorsogona

Herre, 1934

Sorsogona is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species[]

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • & , 2011 (White-margined flathead)
  • & , 1987 (Obscure flathead)[2]
  • (Regan, 1905) (Blackfin flathead)
  • (J. L. B. Smith, 1953) (South African thorny flathead)
  • (Sauvage, 1873) (Halfspined flathead)
  • (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Tuberculated flathead)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sorsogona in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. ^ "Sorsogona melanoptera A new Flathead fish from the northern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) by Leslie W. Knapp and Thosaporn Wongratana Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:381-385 (1987)i".


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