Biology:Glyptocephalus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Glyptocephalus
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus 2.jpg
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Glyptocephalus
Gottsche, 1835
Type species
Pleuronectes saxicola
Faber, 1828

Glyptocephalus is a genus of righteye flounders found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans

Etymology

The word Glytocephalus is derived from the Greek γλύφειν (glyphein), meaning "to carve", and κεφαλή (kephalē), meaning "head".

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus 2.jpg Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) witch, witch flounder, pole flounder, craig fluke, Torbay sole and grey sole North Atlantic Ocean
Glyptocephalus stelleri южных Курильских островов.JPG Glyptocephalus stelleri (P. J. Schmidt, 1904) Blackfin flounder northern Pacific, from the Sea of Japan to the Strait of Tartary and southern Kuril Islands and out into the Bering Sea.
Rexeyed.jpg Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 Rex sole northern Pacific, from Baja California in Mexico up the coasts of the United States, British Columbia and Alaska, across the Bering Sea to the coast of Russia and the Sea of Japan.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2222660 entry