Lepidorhombus
Appearance
Lepidorhombus | |
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Four-spot Megrim (L. boscii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
Family: | Scophthalmidae |
Genus: | Lepidorhombus Günther, 1862 |
Type species | |
Pleuronectes megastoma Donovan, 1804
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Lepidorhombus is a genus of turbots native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lepidorhombus boscii (A. Risso, 1810) (Four-spot megrim)
- Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792) (Megrim)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidorhombus". FishBase. December 2012 version.