Samariscus

Samariscus is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.[1]

Samariscus
Coralline-red flounder (S. corallinus)
Long-finned flounder (S. longimanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Samaridae
Genus: Samariscus
Gilbert, 1905
Type species
Samariscus corallinus
Gilbert, 1905

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 [2]
  • 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

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Samariscus in FishBase. June 2017 version.
  2. Diaz de Astarloa, J.M., Causse, R. & Pruvost, P. (2014): New dextral flounder Samariscus hexaradiatus sp. nov. (Samaridae, Pleuronectiformes) from the Solomon Islands, South-West Pacific Ocean. Cybium, 37 (4): 241-246.


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