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: Soleoidei
Familia: Soleidae
Genus: Heteromycteris
Species (6): H. capensis – H. hartzfeldii – H. japonicus – H. matsubarai – H. oculus – H. proboscideus
Name
Heteromycteris Kaup, 1858
References
Primary references
Kaup, J.J. 1858. Uebersicht der Soleinae, der vierten Subfamilie der Pleuronectidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 24(1): 94–104. BHL Reference page.
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.
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
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Heteromycteris in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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