Biology:Monolene

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Monolene
Monolene atrimana.jpg
M. atrimana
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Deepwater flounder (M. sessilicauda)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Monolene
Goode, 1880
Type species
Monolene sessilicauda
Goode, 1880
Synonyms
  • Delothyris Goode, 1883
  • Thyris Goode, 1880

Monolene is a genus of small, mainly deepwater lefteye flounders from the Atlantic and East Pacific.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Monolene antillarum Norman, 1933 (slim flounder)
  • Monolene asaedai H. W. Clark, 1936 (Asaedae flounder)
  • Monolene atrimana Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
  • Monolene danae Bruun, 1937
  • Monolene dubiosa Garman, 1899 (Acapulco flounder)
  • Monolene helenensis Amaoka & Imamura, 2000
  • Monolene maculipinna Garman, 1899 (Pacific deepwater flounder)
  • Monolene megalepis Woods, 1961
  • Monolene mertensi (Poll, 1959) (Merten's moonflounder)
  • Monolene microstoma Cadenat, 1937 (smallmouth moonflounder)
  • Monolene sessilicauda Goode, 1880 (deepwater flounder)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Monolene in FishBase. October 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q290110 entry