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Xystreurys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Paralichthyidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Flatfish

Similar
  
Flatfish, Cyclopsetta, Etropus, Syacium

Xystreurys is a genus of large-tooth flounders with one species, X. liolepis, found along the Pacific coast of North America from Monterey Bay, California to the Gulf of California and the other, X. rasile, found along the Atlantic coast of South America from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the southern tip of Argentina.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

  • Xystreurys liolepis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Fantail flounder)
  • Xystreurys rasile (D. S. Jordan, 1891)

    • References

    Xystreurys Wikipedia
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