genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 found in the
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 an ...
and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
s. With the exception of ''S. guineensis'' from the Atlantic coast of Africa, all species are from the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
. The largest species in the genus reaches in length.
Species
There are currently eight recognized
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
Syacium longidorsale
''Syacium'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. With the exception of ''S. guineensis'' from the Atlantic coast of Africa, all species are from the Americas. The largest species in the genus reaches in l ...
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* Ann Garman, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Ranzani
Camillo Ranzani (22 June 1775 – 23 April 1841, Bologna ) was an Italian Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest and a naturalist. He was director of the Museum of Natural History of Bologna from 1803 to 1841 (now the Museum of Comparative Anatomy, ...
Syacium papillosum
''Syacium'' is a genus of large-tooth flounders found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. With the exception of ''S. guineensis'' from the Atlantic coast of Africa, all species are from the Americas. The largest species in the genus reaches in l ...
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Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...