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Etropus
Sign in to saveEtropus is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyParalichthyidae
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- Specimen records
- 221
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Collections
- UWFC, CUMV, YPM, TCWC, SIO
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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- Paralichthyidae
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- Etropus rimosus.jpg
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Etropus is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.
==Species== There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: Etropus ciadi van der Heiden & Plascencia González, 2005 Etropus crossotus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Fringed flounder) Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & D. J. Stewart, 1986 (Shelf flounder) Etropus delsmani Chabanaud, 1940 Etropus delsmani delsmani Chabanaud, 1940 Etropus delsmani pacificus J. G. Nielsen, 1963 (Delsman's flounder) Etropus ectenes D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Sole flounder) Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933 Etropus microstomus (T. N. Gill, 1864) (Smallmouth flounder) Etropus peruvianus Hildebrand, 1946 (Peruvian flounder) Etropus rimosus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885 (Gray flounder)
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