Syacium
| Syacium | |
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| Shoal Flounder (S. gunteri) | |
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| Dusky Flounder (S. papillosum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Paralichthyidae |
| Genus: | Syacium Ranzani, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842
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Syacium is a genus of large-tooth flounders found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. With the exception of S. guineensis from the Atlantic coast of Africa, all species are from the Americas. The largest species in the genus reaches 40 cm (16 in) in length.[1]
Species[]
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- (Bleeker, 1862) (Papillose flounder)
- Ginsburg, 1933 (Shoal flounder)
- (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Beach flounder)
- & , 1992 (Longfin flounder)
- (Garman, 1899) (Clearspot flounder)
- Ranzani, 1842 (Channel flounder)
- (Günther, 1864) (Oval flounder)
- (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dusky flounder)
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Syacium in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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