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Samariscus is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPleuronectiformes
  5. FamilySamaridae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
78
With media
20
Family
Samaridae
Collections
UWFC, USNM, CAS, WAM, BPBM, AM
Recorded in
Philippines, Solomon Islands, United States, Fiji, Thailand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan

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Parent taxon
Samaridae
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Samariscus corallinus.jpg
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Samariscus is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.

==Species== Twenty recognized species are in this genus: Samariscus asanoi Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962 Samariscus corallinus Gilbert, 1905 (coralline-red flounder) Samariscus desoutterae Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989 Samariscus filipectoralis S. C. Shen, 1982 Samariscus hexaradiatus Díaz de Astarloa, Causse & Pruvost, 2014 Samariscus huysmani Weber, 1913 (Huysman's righteye flounder) Samariscus inornatus (Lloyd, 1909) Samariscus japonicus Kamohara, 1936 Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki, 1951 (deep-body righteye flounder) Samariscus leopardus Voronina, 2009 Samariscus longimanus Norman, 1927 (longfinned flounder) Samariscus luzonensis Fowler, 1934 (Luzon righteye flounder) Samariscus macrognathus Fowler, 1934 (large-mouth righteye flounder) Samariscus maculatus (Günther, 1880) (spotted righteye flounder) Samariscus multiradiatus Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2008 Samariscus neocaledonia Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2011 (New Caledonian righteye flounder) Samariscus nielseni Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989 (Nielsen's righteye flounder) Samariscus sunieri Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Sunier's righteye flounder) Samariscus triocellatus Woods, 1960 (three-spot righteye flounder) Samariscus xenicus Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962

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