Biology:Hippoglossina
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Hippoglossina | |
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| Hippoglossina oblonga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Paralichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hippoglossina Steindachner, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner 1876
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| Synonyms | |
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Lioglossina Gilbert, 1890 | |
Hippoglossina is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal Pacific waters of the Americas. A single species, H. oblonga is found along the Atlantic coast of United States and Canada, but it is frequently placed in Paralichthys instead of Hippoglossina.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Hippoglossina bollmani C. H. Gilbert, 1890
- Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner, 1876 (bigeye flounder)
- Hippoglossina montemaris F. de Buen, 1961
- Hippoglossina mystacium Ginsburg, 1936
- Hippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill, 1815) (American fourspot flounder) – often placed in Paralichthys instead
- Hippoglossina stomata C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890 (bigmouth flounder)
- Hippoglossina tetrophthalma (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (fourspot flounder)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Hippoglossina in FishBase. May 2014 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q657323 entry
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