Cyclopsetta
Sign in to saveCyclopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyParalichthyidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 79
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Collections
- TCWC, SIO, USNM, LSUMZ, LACM, NCSM
- Recorded in
- El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, United States, Curacao, Panama, Russia, Ecuador
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- Parent taxon
- Paralichthyidae
- Image
- Cyclopsetta fimbriata NOAA.jpg
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- Category:Cyclopsetta
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Cyclopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Cyclopsetta chittendeni B. A. Bean, 1895 (Mexican flounder) Cyclopsetta fimbriata (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885) (Spotfin flounder) Cyclopsetta panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) (God's flounder) Cyclopsetta querna (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Toothed flounder)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyclopsetta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.