''Pseudorhombus'' is a
genus of
large-tooth flounder
Large-tooth flounders or sand flounders are a family, Paralichthyidae, of flounders. The family contains 14 genera with a total of about 110 species. They lie on the sea bed on their right side; both eyes are always on the left side of the head, ...
s. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off
Peru, species in this genus are native to the
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
. The largest species reaches in length.
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Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:Pseudorhombus annulatus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized s ...
'' Norman, 1927 (Ringed flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus argus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Peacock flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus arsius
''Pseudorhombus arsius'', the largetooth flounder, is a species of left-eyed flatfish, that is the dark side with the eyes on the adult fish is the left side of the fish's body, from the family Paralichthyidae. As ''Rhombus polyspilos'' it was n ...
'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Largetooth flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus binii
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Tortonese, 1955
* ''Pseudorhombus cinnamoneus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized s ...
'' ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Cinnamon flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus ctenosquamis
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' ( Ōshima, 1927)
* ''Pseudorhombus diplospilus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Norman, 1926 (Four twin-spot flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Regan, 1905 (Ocellated flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus elevatus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' J. D. Ogilby, 1912 (Deep flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus javanicus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' ( Bleeker, 1853) (Javan flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus jenynsii
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Small-toothed flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus levisquamis
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' ( Ōshima, 1927)
* ''Pseudorhombus malayanus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Bleeker, 1865 (Malayan flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus megalops
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized s ...
'' Fowler, 1934
* ''Pseudorhombus micrognathus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Norman, 1927
* ''Pseudorhombus natalensis
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Gilchrist, 1904 (Natal flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus neglectus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized s ...
'' Bleeker, 1865
* ''Pseudorhombus oculocirris
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Amaoka, 1969
* ''Pseudorhombus oligodon
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Roughscale flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' Günther, 1862 (Fivespot flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus
''Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus'', the five-eyed flounder, is a species of flatfish in the large-tooth flounder family, Paralichthyidae. It is a demersal fish that lives in tropical waters, inhabiting deep waters on the continental shelf of the w ...
'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Five-eyed flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus spinosus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' McCulloch, 1914 (Spiny flounder)
* ''Pseudorhombus tenuirastrum
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized spe ...
'' ( Waite, 1899)
* ''Pseudorhombus triocellatus
''Pseudorhombus'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of ''P. binii'' found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized s ...
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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Three spotted flounder)
References
Paralichthyidae
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Marine fish genera
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