Biology:Clidoderma
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Clidoderma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
| Genus: | Clidoderma Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Clidoderma asperrimum Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
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Clidoderma is a genus of righteye flounders containing one extant species and two described fossil species from Japan .
Fossil species
Two fossil species are known from the Miocene of Japan. C. chitaensis Ohe & Kawase 1995 is known from the Yamami formation of the Chita Peninsula[1] and C. yamagataensis Sakamoto, Uyeno & Otsu 2001 known from Yamagata Prefecture.[2]
Extant species
There is currently one recognized extant species in this genus:[3]
- Clidoderma asperrimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Roughscale sole)
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Ohe F. & Kawase M. (1995): Clidoderma chitaensis, A New Fossil Flat Fish, from the Miocene Yamami Formation, Chita Peninsula, Aichi, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum （Academic Journal ,1995 ） / 22 , 1-7
- ↑ Sakamoto K. & Uyeno T. (2001): Clidoderma yamagataensis, a New Middle Miocene Righteye Flatfish, from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series C, Geology & paleontology 27(1/2), 1-6, June 22, 2001
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Clidoderma in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2979027 entry
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