- Paralichthyidae
Taxobox
name = Large-tooth flounders
image_width = 240px
image_caption =Pacific sanddab , "Citharichthys sordidus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Pleuronectiformes
familia = Paralichthyidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Ancylopsetta " "Cephalopsetta " "Citharichthys " "Cyclopsetta " "Etropus " "Gastropsetta " "Hippoglossina " "Paralichthys " "Pseudorhombus " "Syacium " "Tarphops " "Tephrinectes " "Thysanopsetta " "Xystreurys " See text for species.Large-tooth flounders are a family, Paralichthyidae, of
flounder s.FishBase family | family = Paralichthyidae | month = February | year = 2006] They lie on the sea bed on their right side; both eyes are on the left side of the head.They are found in temperate and tropical waters of the
Atlantic , Indian andPacific Ocean s.Several species are important commercial and game fishes, notably the
California halibut , "Paralichthys californicus" and thePacific sanddab , "Citharichthys sordidus".pecies
There are 115 species in 14 genera: [ITIS | ID = 172714 | taxon = Paralichthyidae | date = 2 April | month = 2006]
* Genus "
Ancylopsetta "
** "Ancylopsetta antillarum " Gutherz, 1966.
**Cyclope flounder , "Ancylopsetta cycloidea " Tyler, 1959.
**Three-spot flounder , "Ancylopsetta dendritica " Gilbert, 1890.
**Three-eye flounder , "Ancylopsetta dilecta "
**Foureyed flounder , "Ancylopsetta kumperae " Tyler, 1959.
** "Ancylopsetta microctenus " Gutherz, 1966.
**Gulf of Mexico ocellated flounder , "Ancylopsetta ommata " (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883).
* Genus "Cephalopsetta "
** "Cephalopsetta ventrocellatus " Dutt & Rao, 1965.
* Genus "Citharichthys "
**Veracruz whiff , "Citharichthys abbotti " Dawson, 1969.
** "Citharichthys amblybregmatus " Gutherz & Blackman, 1970.
**Gulf Stream flounder , "Citharichthys arctifrons " Goode, 1880.
**Sand whiff , "Citharichthys arenaceus " Evermann & Marsh, 1900.
**Horned whiff , "Citharichthys cornutus " (Günther, 1880).
**Spined whiff , "Citharichthys dinoceros " Goode & Bean, 1886.
**Gulf sanddab , "Citharichthys fragilis " Gilbert, 1890.
**Bigmouth sanddab , "Citharichthys gilberti " Jenkins & Evermann, 1889.
** "Citharichthys gnathus " Hoshino & Amaoka, 1999.
**Mimic sandab , "Citharichthys gordae " Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938.
**Anglefin whiff , "Citharichthys gymnorhinus " Gutherz & Blackman, 1970.
**Spotted whiff , "Citharichthys macrops " Dresel, 1885.
**Five-rayed sanddab , "Citharichthys mariajorisae " van der Heiden & Mussot-Pérez, 1995.
** "Citharichthys minutus " Cervigón, 1982.
**Small sandab , "Citharichthys platophrys " Gilbert, 1891.
**Pacific sanddab , "Citharichthys sordidus " (Girard, 1854).
**Bay whiff , "Citharichthys spilopterus " Günther, 1862.
**Smooth flounder , "Citharichthys stampflii " (Steindachner, 1894).
**Speckled sanddab , "Citharichthys stigmaeus " Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
** "Citharichthys surinamensis " (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
**Voodoo whiff , "Citharichthys uhleri " Jordan, 1889.
** "Citharichthys valdezi " Cervigón, 1986.
**Longfin sanddab , "Citharichthys xanthostigma " Gilbert, 1890.
* Genus "Cyclopsetta "
**Mexican flounder , "Cyclopsetta chittendeni " Bean, 1895.
** "Cyclopsetta decussata " Gunter, 1946.
**Spotfin flounder , "Cyclopsetta fimbriata " (Goode & Bean, 1885).
**God's flounder , "Cyclopsetta panamensis " (Steindachner, 1876).
**Toothed flounder , "Cyclopsetta querna " (Jordan & Bollman, 1890).
* Genus "Etropus "
**Fringed flounder , "Etropus crossotus " Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
**Shelf flounder , "Etropus cyclosquamus " Leslie & Stewart, 1986.
** "Etropus delsmani delsmani " Chabanaud, 1940.
**Delsman's flounder , "Etropus delsmani pacificus " Nielsen, 1963.
**Sole flounder , "Etropus ectenes " Jordan, 1889.
** "Etropus intermedius " Norman, 1933.
** "Etropus longimanus " Norman, 1933.
**Smallmouth flounder , "Etropus microstomus " (Gill, 1864).
**Peruvian flounder , "Etropus peruvianus " Hildebrand, 1946.
**Gray flounder , "Etropus rimosus " Goode & Bean, 1885.
* Genus "Gastropsetta "
**Shrimp flounder , "Gastropsetta frontalis " Bean, 1895.
* Genus "Hippoglossina "
**Spotted flounder , "Hippoglossina bollmani " Gilbert, 1890.
**Bigeye flounder , "Hippoglossina macrops " (Dresel, 1885).
** "Hippoglossina montemaris " de Buen, 1961.
** "Hippoglossina mystacium " Ginsburg, 1936.
**American fourspot flounder , "Hippoglossina oblonga " (Mitchill, 1815).
**Bigmouth flounder , "Hippoglossina stomata " Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890.
**Fourspot flounder , "Hippoglossina tetrophthalma " (Gilbert, 1890).
* Genus "Paralichthys "
**Fine flounder , "Paralichthys adspersus " (Steindachner, 1867).
**Cortez flounder , "Paralichthys aestuarius " Gilbert & Scofield, 1898.
**Gulf flounder , "Paralichthys albigutta " Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
**Brazilian flounder , "Paralichthys brasiliensis " (Ranzani, 1842).
**California halibut , "Paralichthys californicus " (Ayres, 1859).
** "Paralichthys coeruleosticta " Steindachner, 1898.
** "Paralichthys delfini " Pequeño & Plaza, 1987.
**Summer flounder , "Paralichthys dentatus " (Linnaeus, 1766).
** "Paralichthys fernandezianus " Steindachner, 1903.
** "Paralichthys hilgendorfii " Steindachner, 1903.
** "Paralichthys isosceles " Jordan, 1891.
** Southern flounder, "Paralichthys lethostigma " Jordan & Gilbert, 1884.
** "Paralichthys microps " (Günther, 1881).
**Bastard halibut , "Paralichthys olivaceus " (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846).
** "Paralichthys orbignyanus " (Valenciennes, 1842).
**Patagonian flounder , "Paralichthys patagonicus " Jordan, 1889.
** "Paralichthys schmitti " Ginsburg, 1933.
**Broad flounder , "Paralichthys squamilentus " Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
** "Paralichthys triocellatus " Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903.
**Tropical flounder , "Paralichthys tropicus " Ginsburg, 1933.
**Speckled flounder , "Paralichthys woolmani " Jordan & Williams, 1897.
* Genus "Pseudorhombus "
**Ringed flounder , "Pseudorhombus annulatus " Norman, 1927.
**Peacock flounder , "Pseudorhombus argus " Weber, 1913.
** Largetooth flounder, "Pseudorhombus arsius " (Hamilton, 1822).
** "Pseudorhombus binii " Tortonese, 1955.
**Cinnamon flounder , "Pseudorhombus cinnamoneus " (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846).
** "Pseudorhombus ctenosquamis " (Oshima, 1927).
**Four twin-spot flounder , "Pseudorhombus diplospilus " Norman, 1926.
**Ocellated flounder , "Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus " Regan, 1905.
**Deep flounder , "Pseudorhombus elevatus " Ogilby, 1912.
**Javan flounder , "Pseudorhombus javanicus " (Bleeker, 1853).
**Small-toothed flounder , "Pseudorhombus jenynsii " (Bleeker, 1855).
** "Pseudorhombus levisquamis " (Oshima, 1927).
**Malayan flounder , "Pseudorhombus malayanus " Bleeker, 1865.
** "Pseudorhombus megalops " Fowler, 1934.
** "Pseudorhombus micrognathus " Norman, 1927.
**Natal flounders , "Pseudorhombus natalensis " Gilchrist, 1904.
** "Pseudorhombus neglectus " Bleeker, 1865.
** "Pseudorhombus oculocirris " Amaoka, 1969.
**Roughscale flounder , "Pseudorhombus oligodon " (Bleeker, 1854).
**Fivespot flounder , "Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus " Günther, 1862.
** "Pseudorhombus polyspilos " (Bleeker, 1853).
**Five-eyed flounder , "Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus " Weber & de Beaufort, 1929.
** "Pseudorhombus russellii " (Gray, 1834).
**Spiny flounder , "Pseudorhombus spinosus " McCulloch, 1914.
** "Pseudorhombus tenuirastrum " (Waite, 1899).
**Three spotted flounder , "Pseudorhombus triocellatus " (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903).
* Genus "Syacium "
** "Syacium guineensis " (Bleeker, 1862).
**Shoal flounder , "Syacium gunteri " Ginsburg, 1933.
**Beach flounder , "Syacium latifrons " (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
**Longfin flounder , "Syacium longidorsale " Murakami & Amaoka, 1992.
**Clearspot flounder , "Syacium maculiferum " (Garman, 1899).
**Channel flounder , "Syacium micrurum " Ranzani, 1842.
**Oval flounder , "Syacium ovale " (Günther, 1864).
**Dusky flounder , "Syacium papillosum " (Linnaeus, 1758).
* Genus "Tarphops "
** "Tarphops elegans " Amaoka, 1969.
** "Tarphops oligolepis " (Bleeker, 1858–1859).
* Genus "Tephrinectes "
** "Tephrinectes sinensis " (Lacépède, 1802).
* Genus "Thysanopsetta "
** "Thysanopsetta naresi " Günther, 1880.
* Genus "Xystreurys "
**Fantail flounder , "Xystreurys liolepis " Jordan & Gilbert, 1880.
** "Xystreurys rasile " (Jordan, 1891).References
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