Chascanopsetta

Chascanopsetta
	Conventional and X-ray images of a Chascanopsetta species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Family:	Bothidae
Genus:	Chascanopsetta; Alcock, 1894
Type species
	Chascanopsetta lugubris; Alcock, 1894
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Pelecanichthys Gilbert & Cramer, 1897; Trachypterophrys Franz, 1910;

Chascanopsetta is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) found in deeper parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans with a single species, C. lugubris also occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains nine member species.^[1]

Description

Members of this genus have an elongate body and a relatively large mouth, the latter giving rise to the common name pelican flounder (primarily used for P. lugubris). They lack rostral, orbital, or mandibular spines.^[1]

Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Chascanopsetta crumenalis (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Chascanopsetta elski Foroshchuk, 1991
Chascanopsetta danae Bruun, 1937
Chascanopsetta kenyaensis Hensley & Smale, 1997
Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock, 1894 (Pelican flounder)
Chascanopsetta novaeguineae Tongboonkua, Lee & Chen, 2018
Chascanopsetta megagnatha Amaoka & Parin, 1990
Chascanopsetta micrognatha Amaoka & Yamamoto, 1984
Chascanopsetta prognatha Norman, 1939
Chascanopsetta prorigera (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Amaoka, Kunio; Yamamoto, Eiichi (1984). "Review of the Genus Chascanopsetta, with the Description of a New Species" (PDF). Bull. Fac. Fish. Hokkaido Univ. 35 (4): 201–224. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Chascanopsetta in FishBase. October 2012 version.

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[Agropedia.affrc.go.jp-1] Amaoka, Kunio; Yamamoto, Eiichi (1984). "Review of the Genus Chascanopsetta, with the Description of a New Species" (PDF). Bull. Fac. Fish. Hokkaido Univ. 35 (4): 201–224. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Chascanopsetta in FishBase. October 2012 version.

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