Samaridae

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Samaridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Samaridae
Genera

Plagiopsetta
Samaris
Samariscus
See text for species

Samaridae is a small family of flounders.

[edit] Species

The family contains 21 described species.

  • Genus Plagiopsetta Franz, 1910.
    • Plagiopsetta glossa Franz, 1910.
  • Genus Samaris Gray, 1831.
    • Samaris costae Quéro, Hensley and Maugé, 1989.
    • Samaris cristatus Gray, 1831.
    • Samaris macrolepis Norman, 1927.
  • Genus Samariscus Gilbert, 1905.
    • Samariscus asanoi Ochiai and Amaoka, 1962.
    • Samariscus corallinus Gilbert, 1905.
    • Samariscus desoutterae Quéro, Hensley and Maugé, 1989.
    • Samariscus filipectoralis Shen, 1982.
    • Samariscus huysmani Weber, 1913.
    • Samariscus inornatus (Lloyd, 1909).
    • Samariscus japonicus Kamohara, 1936.
    • Samariscus latus Matsubara and Takamuki, 1951.
    • Longfinned flounder, Samariscus longimanus Norman, 1927.
    • Samariscus luzonensis Fowler, 1934.
    • Samariscus macrognathus Fowler, 1934.
    • Samariscus maculatus (Günther, 1880).
    • Samariscus multiradiatus Kawai, Amaoka & Seret, 2008.[1]
    • Samariscus nielseni Quéro, Hensley and Maugé, 1989.
    • Samariscus sunieri Weber and de Beaufort, 1929.
    • Samariscus triocellatus Woods in Schultz, Woods and Lachner, 1966.
    • Samariscus xenicus Ochiai and Amaoka, 1962.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kawai, Amaoka & Seret (2008). "Samariscus multiradiatus, a new dextral flounder (Pleuronectiformes: Samaridae) from New Caledonia". Ichthyological Research 55 (1): 17-21. 

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