''Pseudorhombus'' is a
genus
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of
large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off
Peru
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, species in this genus are native to the
Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
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Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1927 (Ringed flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus argus'' M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Peacock flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus arsius'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Largetooth flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus binii'' Tortonese, 1955
* '' Pseudorhombus cinnamoneus'' (Temminck
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& Schlegel
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* Brad Schlege ...
, 1846) (Cinnamon flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus ctenosquamis'' ( Ōshima, 1927)
* '' Pseudorhombus diplospilus'' Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1926 (Four twin-spot flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus'' Regan, 1905 (Ocellated flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus elevatus'' J. D. Ogilby, 1912 (Deep flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus javanicus'' ( Bleeker, 1853) (Javan flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus jenynsii'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Small-toothed flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus levisquamis'' ( Ōshima, 1927)
* '' Pseudorhombus malayanus'' Bleeker, 1865 (Malayan flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus megalops'' Fowler, 1934
* '' Pseudorhombus micrognathus'' Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1927
* '' Pseudorhombus natalensis'' Gilchrist, 1904 (Natal flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus neglectus'' Bleeker, 1865
* '' Pseudorhombus oculocirris'' Amaoka, 1969
* '' Pseudorhombus oligodon'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Roughscale flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus'' Günther, 1862 (Fivespot flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Five-eyed flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus spinosus'' McCulloch
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, 1914 (Spiny flounder)
* '' Pseudorhombus tenuirastrum'' ( Waite, 1899)
* '' Pseudorhombus triocellatus'' ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Three spotted flounder)
References
Paralichthyidae
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Marine fish genera
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