Biology:Paralichthys
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Paralichthys is a genus of large-tooth flounders. Most species are native to the coastal waters of the Americas, but P. olivaceus is from northeast Asia. The largest species reaches about 1.5 m (5 ft) in length.[1]
Species
There are currently almost 20 species in this genus:[1]
- Paralichthys adspersus (Steindachner, 1867) (Fine flounder)
- Paralichthys aestuarius C. H. Gilbert & Scofield, 1898 (Cortez flounder)
- Paralichthys albigutta D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Gulf flounder)
- Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani, 1842) (Brazilian flounder)
- Paralichthys californicus (Ayres, 1859) (California flounder)
- Paralichthys delfini Pequeño & Plaza, 1987
- Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Summer flounder)
- Paralichthys fernandezianus Steindachner, 1903
- Paralichthys isosceles D. S. Jordan, 1891
- Paralichthys lethostigma D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884 (Southern flounder)
- Paralichthys microps (Günther, 1881)
- Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Bastard halibut)
- Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Paralichthys patagonicus D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Patagonian flounder)
- Paralichthys squamilentus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Broad flounder)
- Paralichthys triocellatus A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903
- Paralichthys tropicus Ginsburg, 1933 (Tropical flounder)
- Paralichthys woolmani D. S. Jordan & T. M. Williams, 1897 (Speckled flounder)
Two fossil species are also known:
- †Paralichthys antiquus David, 1943 (Late Miocene of California, USA)[2]
- †Paralichthys yamanai Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1993 (Middle Miocene of Japan)[3]
The American four-spot flounder Hippoglossina oblonga is sometimes placed in Paralichthys by some authorities but FishBase does not and that source is followed here.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Paralichthys in FishBase. May 2014 version.
- ↑ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences. https://archive.org/details/occasionalpaper00calif/occasionalpaper00calif/.
- ↑ Sakamoto, Kazuo; Uyeno, Teruya (1993). "Paralichthys yamanai, a New Middle Miocene Lefteye Flatfish from Tottori, Japan". Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. C 19 (1): 1-9. https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/19_1/BNSM_C190101.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3011327 entry
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