Etropus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Paralichthyidae Phylum Chordata Order Flatfish		Class Actinopterygii Scientific name Etropus Rank Genus
Similar Flatfish, Cyclopsetta, Gray flounder, Syacium, Hippoglossina

Etropus is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:

Etropus ciadi van der Heiden & Plascencia González, 2005

Etropus crossotus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Fringed flounder)

Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & D. J. Stewart, 1986 (Shelf flounder)

Etropus delsmani Chabanaud, 1940

Etropus delsmani delsmani Chabanaud, 1940

Etropus delsmani pacificus J. G. Nielsen, 1963 (Delsman's flounder)

Etropus ectenes D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Sole flounder)

Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933

Etropus microstomus (T. N. Gill, 1864) (Smallmouth flounder)

Etropus peruvianus Hildebrand, 1946 (Peruvian flounder)

Etropus rimosus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885 (Gray flounder)

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