Lophonectes
Sign in to saveLophonectes is a genus of small lefteye flounders found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyBothidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Bothidae
- Collections
- NMV, AM
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia
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Lophonectes is a genus of small lefteye flounders found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Lophonectes gallus Günther, 1880 (Crested flounder) Lophonectes mongonuiensis (Regan, 1914)
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