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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: Hippoglossoides

Hippoglossoides elassodon

Hippoglossoides elassodon

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Hippoglossoides is a genus of righteye flounders native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.
Species

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

Hippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904 (Flathead flounder)
Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 (Flathead sole)
Hippoglossoides platessoides (O. Fabricius, 1780) (American plaice)
Hippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897 (Bering flounder)

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hippoglossoides". FishBase. October 2012 version.

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