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Samaridae
Sign in to saveSamaridae (crested flounders) is a family of crested flounders, small flatfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. The family contains four genera with a total of 29 species.
Species
crested flounders
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilySamaridae
冠鰈科（学名：Samaridae）是輻鰭魚綱鰈亞目的一科。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- Family
- Samaridae
- Collections
- USNM, MNHN, CSIRO, FMNH, AM
- Recorded in
- Japan, Vanuatu, Australia, Palau
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pleuronectiformes
- Image
- Samariscus corallinus.jpg
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- Category:Samaridae
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Anatomy and morphology
- Habitat
- Behavior
- Locomotion
- Burying
- Reproduction
- Feeding
- Human impact
- Fishing
- References
- External links
Samaridae (crested flounders) is a family of crested flounders, small flatfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. The family contains four genera with a total of 29 species.
== Taxonomy == Samaridae is one of eight families a part of the SuperFamily Soleioidea. This SuperFamily is of the suborder Pleuronectoidei within the order Pleuronectiformes. Samaridae were formerly classified as a subfamily of Pleuronectidae.
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