Hippoglossoides
Sign in to saveHippoglossoides is a genus of righteye flounders native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.
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It sits within the topics Hippoglossoides, Marine fish genera and Pleuronectidae.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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Hippoglossoides is a genus of righteye flounders native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Hippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904 (Flathead flounder) Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 (Flathead sole) Hippoglossoides platessoides (O. Fabricius, 1780) (American plaice) Hippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897 (Bering flounder) Three fossil species are also known: †Hippoglossoides kumaishi Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1991 (Middle Miocene of Japan) †Hippoglossoides naritai Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1989 (Middle Miocene of Japan) †Hippoglossoides pristinus (Jordan, 1927) (Late Miocene of California, USA)
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