Heteromycteris

Heteromycteris is a genus of small soles found in both salt and brackish water. Most are native to the northwest Pacific, but H. hartzfeldii and H. oculus are from the Indo-Pacific, and H. capensis is from southern Africa.

Heteromycteris
Heteromycteris japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Soleidae
Genus: Heteromycteris
Kaup, 1858
Type species
Heteromycteris capensis
Kaup, 1858
Synonyms

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Heteromycteris capensis Kaup, 1858 (Cape sole)
  • Heteromycteris hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1853) (Hook-nosed sole)
  • Heteromycteris japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Bamboo sole)
  • Heteromycteris matsubarai Ochiai, 1963
  • Heteromycteris oculus (Alcock, 1889) (Eyed sole)
  • Heteromycteris proboscideus (Chabanaud, 1925) (True sole)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Heteromycteris in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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