Crossorhombus

Crossorhombus
Crossorhombus kobensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Pleuronectiformes
Family:Bothidae
Genus:Crossorhombus
Regan, 1920
Type species
Platophrys dimorphus as a synonym for Crossorhombus valderostratus[1]
Gilchrist, 1904

Crossorhombus is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the Indian and West Pacific Oceans.

Species

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

  • Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock, 1889) (Blue flounder)
  • Crossorhombus howensis Hensley & J. E. Randall, 1993 (Lord Howe Island flounder)
  • Crossorhombus kanekonis (S. Tanaka (I), 1918)
  • Crossorhombus kobensis (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906) (Kobe flounder)
  • Crossorhombus valderostratus (Alcock, 1890) (Broadbrow flounder)

References

  1. ↑ WIlliam Eschmeyer (ed.). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. p. Species that contain: Platophrys and dimorphus. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Crossorhombus in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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