Asterorhombus
Appearance
Asterorhombus | |
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Intermediate Flounder (A. intermedius) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Asterorhombus S. Tanaka (I), 1915 |
Type species | |
Asterorhombus stellifer Tanaka 1915
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Asterorhombus is a genus of lefteye flounders native to the Indo-Pacific. These small flatfishes only reach 20 cm (7.9 in) in length.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Asterorhombus cocosensis (Bleeker, 1855) (Cocos Island flounder)
- Asterorhombus filifer Hensley & J. E. Randall, 2003
- Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker, 1865) (Intermediate flounder)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Asterorhombus". FishBase. October 2012 version.