Biology:Clidoderma

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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 Middle 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] An indeterminate fossil species is also known from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin, Russia.[3]

Extant species

There is currently one recognized extant species in this genus:[4]

  • Clidoderma asperrimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Roughscale sole)

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Nazarkin, M. V. (2002). "Large Flatfishes from the Miocene of the Agnev Formation of the Sakhalin Island". Journal of Ichthyology 42 (1): 7–18. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273761150. 
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Clidoderma in FishBase. October 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2979027 entry