''Plagiopsetta'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
crested flounders native to the western
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Plagiopsetta glossa''
V. Franz, 1910 (Tongue flatfish)
* ''
Plagiopsetta gracilis''
Mihara & Amaoka, 2004
* ''
Plagiopsetta stigmosa''
Mihara & Amaoka, 2004
References
Samaridae
Marine fish genera
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