Hippoglossoides

Hippoglossoides is a genus of righteye flounders native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.

Hippoglossoides
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Hippoglossoides
Gottsche, 1835
Type species
Hippoglossoides limanda
Gottsche, 1835
Synonyms
  • Cynopsetta Jordan & Starks (ex Schmidt) 1906
  • Drepanopsetta Gill, 1861
  • Pomatopsetta Gill, 1864

Species

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

References

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


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