Hippoglossina

Hippoglossina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Paralichthyidae
Genus: Hippoglossina
Steindachner, 1876

Hippoglossina is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal Pacific waters of the Americas. A single species, H. oblonga is found along the Atlantic coast of United States and Canada, but it is frequently placed in Paralichthys instead of Hippoglossina.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Hippoglossina in FishBase. May 2014 version.
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