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Liopsetta
Sign in to saveLiopsetta is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern oceans.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyPleuronectidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded1,538
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Collections
- UWFC, USNM, CAS, ROM, YPM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Russia, United States, Japan, Canada, N/A
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Liopsetta is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern oceans.
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus: Liopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776) (Arctic flounder) Liopsetta pinnifasciata (Kner, 1870) (Far Eastern smooth flounder) Liopsetta putnami (Gill, 1864) (American smooth flounder)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liopsetta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.