Monolene

Updated on Dec 27, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Bothidae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Flatfish

Similar Trichopsetta, Flatfish, Chascanopsetta, Kamoharaia megastoma

Monolene is a genus of small, mainly deepwater lefteye flounders from the Atlantic and East Pacific.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Monolene antillarum Norman, 1933 (slim flounder)

Monolene asaedai H. W. Clark, 1936 (Asaedae flounder)

Monolene atrimana Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886

Monolene danae Bruun, 1937

Monolene dubiosa Garman, 1899 (Acapulco flounder)

Monolene helenensis Amaoka & Imamura, 2000

Monolene maculipinna Garman, 1899 (Pacific deepwater flounder)

Monolene megalepis Woods, 1961

Monolene mertensi (Poll, 1959) (Merten's moonflounder)

Monolene microstoma Cadenat, 1937 (smallmouth moonflounder)

Monolene sessilicauda Goode, 1880 (deepwater flounder)

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