Chascanopsetta

Chascanopsetta
Conventional and X-ray images of a Chascanopsetta species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Pleuronectiformes
Family:Bothidae
Genus:Chascanopsetta
Alcock, 1894[1]
Type species
Chascanopsetta lugubris
Alcock, 1894
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Pelecanichthys Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
  • Trachypterophrys Franz, 1910

Chascanopsetta is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) found in deeper parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans with a single species, C. lugubris also occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains nine member species.[1]

Description

Members of this genus have an elongate body and a relatively large mouth, the latter giving rise to the common name pelican flounder (primarily used for P. lugubris). They lack rostral, orbital, or mandibular spines.[1]

Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Chascanopsetta crumenalis (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
  • Chascanopsetta elski Foroshchuk, 1991
  • Chascanopsetta danae Bruun, 1937
  • Chascanopsetta kenyaensis Hensley & Smale, 1997
  • Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock, 1894 (Pelican flounder)
  • Chascanopsetta novaeguineae Tongboonkua, Lee & Chen, 2018
  • Chascanopsetta megagnatha Amaoka & Parin, 1990
  • Chascanopsetta micrognatha Amaoka & Yamamoto, 1984
  • Chascanopsetta prognatha Norman, 1939
  • Chascanopsetta prorigera (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Amaoka, Kunio; Yamamoto, Eiichi (1984). "Review of the Genus Chascanopsetta, with the Description of a New Species" (PDF). Bull. Fac. Fish. Hokkaido Univ. 35 (4): 201–224. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Chascanopsetta in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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