Samariscus

Samariscus
Coralline-red flounder (S. corallinus)
Long-finned flounder (S. longimanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Samaridae
Genus:	Samariscus Gilbert, 1905
Type species
Samariscus corallinus Gilbert, 1905

Samariscus is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.

Species

Twenty recognized species are in this genus:

• Samariscus asanoi Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962
• Samariscus corallinus Gilbert, 1905 (coralline-red flounder)
• Samariscus desoutterae Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989
• Samariscus filipectoralis S. C. Shen, 1982
• Samariscus hexaradiatus Díaz de Astarloa, Causse & Pruvost, 2014
• Samariscus huysmani Weber, 1913 (Huysman's righteye flounder)
• Samariscus inornatus (Lloyd, 1909)
• Samariscus japonicus Kamohara, 1936
• Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki, 1951 (deep-body righteye flounder)
• Samariscus leopardus Voronina, 2009
• Samariscus longimanus Norman, 1927 (longfinned flounder)
• Samariscus luzonensis Fowler, 1934 (Luzon righteye flounder)
• Samariscus macrognathus Fowler, 1934 (large-mouth righteye flounder)
• Samariscus maculatus (Günther, 1880) (spotted righteye flounder)
• Samariscus multiradiatus Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2008
• Samariscus neocaledonia Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2011 (New Caledonian righteye flounder)
• Samariscus nielseni Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989 (Nielsen's righteye flounder)
• Samariscus sunieri Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Sunier's righteye flounder)
• Samariscus triocellatus Woods, 1960 (three-spot righteye flounder)
• Samariscus xenicus Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962