Trichopsetta
Appearance
Trichopsetta | |
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Sash flounder (T. ventralis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Trichopsetta T. N. Gill, 1889 |
Type species | |
Citharichthys ventralis Goode & Bean, 1885
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Trichopsetta is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Trichopsetta caribbaea W. W. Anderson & Gutherz, 1967 (Caribbean flounder)
- Trichopsetta melasma W. W. Anderson & Gutherz, 1967
- Trichopsetta orbisulcus W. W. Anderson & Gutherz, 1967
- Trichopsetta ventralis (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885) (Sash flounder)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Trichopsetta". FishBase. October 2012 version.