Lophonectes
Appearance
Lophonectes | |
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Crested Flounder (L. gallus) | |
L. mongonuiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Lophonectes Günther, 1880 |
Type species | |
Lophonectes gallus Günther,1880
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Synonyms | |
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Lophonectes is a genus of small lefteye flounders found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand.
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lophonectes gallus Günther, 1880 (Crested flounder)
- Lophonectes mongonuiensis (Regan, 1914)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lophonectes". FishBase. October 2012 version.