Kingdom Animalia Suborder Pleuronectoidei Phylum Chordata Order Flatfish | Class Actinopterygii Scientific name Samaridae Rank Family | |
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Similar Flatfish, Citharidae, Spiny turbot, Poecilopsettidae, Samariscus |
The Samaridae are a family, the crested flounders, of small flatfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They were formerly classified as a subfamily of Pleuronectidae. The family contains four genera with a total of almost 30 species.
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Samaridae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA