Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei
Familia: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Glyptocephalus
Species: G. cynoglossus – G. stelleri – G. zachirus
Name
Glyptocephalus Gottsche, 1835
References
Glyptocephalus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Glyptocephalus in the World Register of Marine Species
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Glyptocephalus is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans
Etymology
The word Glytocephalus is derived from the Greek γλύφειν (glyphein), meaning "to carve", and κεφαλή (kephalē), meaning "head".
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | witch, witch flounder, pole flounder, craig fluke, Torbay sole and grey sole | northern Atlantic Ocean |
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Glyptocephalus kitaharae (Jordan & Starks, 1904) | Willowy flounder | northwest Pacific Ocean: Yellow Sea, Gulf of Bo Hai, East China Sea (Hokkaido, Taiwan, Japan) |
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Glyptocephalus stelleri (P. J. Schmidt, 1904) | Blackfin flounder | northern Pacific, from the Sea of Japan to the Strait of Tartary and southern Kuril Islands and out into the Bering Sea. |
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Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 | Rex sole | northern Pacific, from Baja California in Mexico up the coasts of the United States, British Columbia and Alaska, across the Bering Sea to the coast of Russia and the Sea of Japan. |
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glyptocephalus". FishBase. April 2024 version.
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