''Nematops'' is a
genus
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of
righteye flounders native to the
Indo-West Pacific. Due to their small size (up to ) and depth of habitation (up to ) few examples of this genus are caught, and as a result little is known of their
morphology
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*Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
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and
distribution Distribution may refer to:
Mathematics
*Distribution (mathematics), generalized functions used to formulate solutions of partial differential equations
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.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Nematops grandisquama''
Weber
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Notable pe ...
& de Beaufort, 1929 (Large-scale righteye flounder)
* ''
Nematops macrochirus''
Norman
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, 1931 (Narrow-body righteye flounder)
* ''
Nematops microstoma''
Günther, 1880 (Small-mouth righteye flounder)
* ''
Nematops nanosquama''
Amaoka, Kawai & Séret, 2006
References
Pleuronectidae
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Marine fish genera
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