Ancylopsetta
Appearance
Ancylopsetta | |
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Three-eye flounder (A. dilecta) | |
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Gulf of Mexico ocellated flounder (A. ommata) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Paralichthyidae |
Genus: | Ancylopsetta T. N. Gill, 1864 |
Type species | |
Ancylopsetta ommata T.N. Gill 1864
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Ancylopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders mostly found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas with one species found along the Pacific coast.
Species
[edit]The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Ancylopsetta antillarum Gutherz, 1966
- Ancylopsetta cycloidea J. C. Tyler, 1959 (Cyclope flounder)
- Ancylopsetta dendritica C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (three-spot flounder)
- Ancylopsetta dilecta (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883) (three-eye flounder)
- Ancylopsetta kumperae J. C. Tyler, 1959 (four-eyed flounder)
- Ancylopsetta microctenus Gutherz, 1966
- Ancylopsetta ommata (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Gulf of Mexico ocellated flounder)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ancylopsetta in FishBase. October 2012 version.