''Hippoglossoides'' is a
genus of
righteye flounders native to the
North Pacific and
North Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and ...
oceans.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Hippoglossoides dubius''
Schmidt, 1904 (Flathead flounder)
* ''
Hippoglossoides elassodon''
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Places Australia
* Gilbert River (Queensland)
* Gilbert River (South ...
, 1880 (Flathead sole)
* ''
Hippoglossoides platessoides''
( O. Fabricius, 1780) (American plaice)
* ''
Hippoglossoides robustus''
Gill & Townsend, 1897 (Bering flounder)
References
Pleuronectidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Carl Moritz Gottsche
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