''Samaris'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
crested flounders native to the
Indo-Pacific.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Samaris chesterfieldensis''
Mihara & Amaoka, 2004
* ''
Samaris costae''
Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989
* ''
Samaris cristatus''
J. E. Gray
John Edward Gray, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoology, zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ...
, 1831 (Cockatoo righteye flounder)
* ''
Samaris macrolepis''
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 (Large-scale crested righteye flounder)
* ''
Samaris spinea''
Mihara & Amaoka, 2004
References
Samaridae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
{{Pleuronectiformes-stub