Clidoderma
Sign in to saveClidoderma is a genus of righteye flounders containing one extant species and two described fossil species from Japan.
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It is catalogued under topics including Extinct animals of Japan, Marine fish genera and Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- monotypic taxon
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- Clidoderma
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Clidoderma is a genus of righteye flounders containing one extant species and two described fossil species from Japan.
== Fossil species == Two fossil species are known from the Middle Miocene of Japan. C. chitaensis Ohe & Kawase 1995 is known from the Yamami formation of the Chita Peninsula and C. yamagataensis Sakamoto, Uyeno & Otsu 2001 known from Yamagata Prefecture. An indeterminate fossil species is also known from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin, Russia.
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