Hippoglossoides
Hippoglossoides | |
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Hippoglossoides platessoides | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Hippoglossoides Gottsche, 1835 |
Type species | |
Hippoglossoides limanda Gottsche, 1835 | |
Synonyms | |
Hippoglossoides is a genus of righteye flounders native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904 (Flathead flounder)
- Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 (Flathead sole)
- Hippoglossoides platessoides (O. Fabricius, 1780) (American plaice)
- Hippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897 (Bering flounder)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hippoglossoides". FishBase. October 2012 version.