Samariscus
| Samariscus | |
|---|---|
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| Coralline-red Flounder (S. corallinus) | |
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| Long-finned Flounder (S. longimanus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Samaridae |
| Genus: | Samariscus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Samariscus corallinus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 | |
Samariscus is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Samariscus asanoi Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962
- Samariscus corallinus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Coralline-red flounder)
- Samariscus desoutterae Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989
- Samariscus filipectoralis S. C. Shen, 1982
- Samariscus hexaradiatus Díaz de Astarloa, Causse & Pruvost, 2013[2]
- Samariscus huysmani M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Huysman's righteye flounder)
- Samariscus inornatus (Lloyd, 1909)
- Samariscus japonicus Kamohara, 1936
- Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki, 1951 (Deep-body righteye flounder)
- Samariscus leopardus Voronina, 2009
- Samariscus longimanus Norman, 1927 (Longfinned flounder)
- Samariscus luzonensis Fowler, 1934 (Luzon righteye flounder)
- Samariscus macrognathus Fowler, 1934 (Large-mouth righteye flounder)
- Samariscus maculatus (Günther, 1880) (Spotted righteye flounder)
- Samariscus multiradiatus Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2008
- Samariscus neocaledonia Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2011 (New Caledonian righteye flounder)
- Samariscus nielseni Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989 (Nielsen's righteye flounder)
- Samariscus sunieri M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Sunier's righteye flounder)
- Samariscus triocellatus Woods, 1960 (Three-spot righteye flounder)
- Samariscus xenicus Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Samariscus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- 1 2 Diaz de Astarloa, J.M., Causse, R. & Pruvost, P. (2013): New dextral flounder Samariscus hexaradiatus sp. nov. (Samaridae, Pleuronectiformes) from the Solomon Islands, South-West Pacific Ocean. Cybium, Revue Internationale d’Ichtyologie, 37 (4) [2013]: 241-246.
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