Hippoglossina
| Hippoglossina | |
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| Hippoglossina oblonga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Paralichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hippoglossina Steindachner, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner 1876
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| Synonyms | |
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Lioglossina Gilbert, 1890 | |
Hippoglossina is a
large-tooth flounders native to the coastal Pacific waters of the Americas. A single species, H. oblonga is found along the Atlantic coast of United States and Canada, but it is frequently placed in Paralichthys
instead of Hippoglossina.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Hippoglossina bollmani C. H. Gilbert, 1890
- Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner, 1876 (bigeye flounder)
- F. de Buen, 1961
- Hippoglossina mystacium Ginsburg, 1936
- Mitchill, 1815) (American fourspot flounder) – often placed in Paralichthysinstead
- Hippoglossina stomata C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890 (bigmouth flounder)
- Hippoglossina tetrophthalma (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (fourspot flounder)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Hippoglossina in FishBase. May 2014 version.