Limanda
Appearance
Limanda | |
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Common Dab (L. limanda) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Limanda Gottsche, 1835 |
Type species | |
Pleuronectes limanda | |
Synonyms | |
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Limanda is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814) (Yellowfin sole)
- Limanda ferruginea (D. H. Storer (fr), 1839) (Yellowtail flounder)
- Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dab)
- Limanda proboscidea C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (Longhead dab)
- Limanda punctatissima (Steindachner, 1879) (Speckled flounder)
- Limanda sakhalinensis C. L. Hubbs, 1915 (Sakhalin sole)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Limanda". FishBase. October 2012 version.