Microstomus
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Microstomus is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern Pacific and north-eastern Atlantic oceans.
The word Microstomus is derived from the Greek μικρὸς (mikros), meaning "small", and στόμα (stoma), meaning "mouth".
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Microstomus achne (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904) (Slime flounder)
- Microstomus bathybius (Gilbert, 1890) (Deep-sea sole)
- Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) (Lemon sole)
- Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879) (Pacific Dover sole)
- Microstomus shuntovi Borets, 1983
A single fossil species is known in †Microstomus tochigiensis Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1993 from the Middle Miocene of Japan.[2]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sakamoto, Kazuo; Uyeno, Teruya (1993). "A New Middle Miocene Righteye Flatfish, Microstomus tochigiensis, from Tochigi, Japan" (PDF). Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. C. 19 (3): 105–113.
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