Trinectes
| Trinectes | |
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| Hogchoker (T. maculatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Achiridae |
| Genus: | Trinectes Rafinesque, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Trinectes scabra Rafinesque 1832
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Trinectes is a genus of American soles native to the Americas. Most species are coastal, occurring in both salt and brackish water, but several may enter fresh water and one, T. hubbsbollinger, is restricted to rivers.[1] They are fairly small, with the largest species only reaching 25 cm (9.8 in) in length.[2]
Species[]
The currently recognised species in this genus are:[1][2]
- (Günther, 1862) (fringed sole)
- (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (freshwater sole)
- (Günther, 1862) (spotted-fin sole)
- , & , 2012[1]
- (P. H. Gosse, 1851) (scrawled sole)
- Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (hogchoker)
- (Chabanaud, 1928)
- (Nichols & Murphy, 1944) (spotted-cheek sole)
- (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (slipper sole)
- & , 2001
References[]
- ^ a b c Duplain, R.R., Chapleau, F. & Munroe, T.A. (2012): A New Species of Trinectes (Pleuronectiformes: Achiridae) from the Upper Río San Juan and Río Condoto, Colombia. Copeia, 2012 (3): 541-546.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Trinectes in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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