Biology:Pleuronichthys
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Pleuronichthys is a genus of fish in the family Pleuronectidae found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 (C-O sole)
- Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Ridge-eyed flounder) [2]
- Pleuronichthys decurrens D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881 (Curlfin sole)
- Pleuronichthys japonicus S. Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009
- Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & W. F. Thompson, 1910 (Ocellated turbot)
- Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & E. L. Morris, 1907 (Spotted turbot)
- Pleuronichthys verticalis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Horny-head turbot)
One fossil species, †Pleuronichthys veliger (Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) is known from the Late Miocene of California, US.[3] Fossils attributed to indeterminate species of this genus present at the mid-Miocene Duho Formation of South Korea[4].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Pleuronichthys in FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ↑ Yokogawa, K., Watanabe, K.-I. & Ogihara, G. (2016): Redescriptions of two closely related East Asian flatfish species of the genus Pleuronichthys. Zootaxa, 4205 (1): 1-23.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ Ko, J.Y.; Nam, K.S. (2016). "Pleuronichthys sp. Fossils (Pleuronectidae) from the Duho Formation, Pohang Uhyeon-dong in Korea". Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society 37 (3): 133–142. doi:10.5467/JKESS.2016.37.3.133. https://koreascience.kr/article/JAKO201622341961685.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2250406 entry
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