Clidoderma
| Clidoderma Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippoglossinae |
| Genus: | Clidoderma Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Clidoderma asperrimum | |
Clidoderma is a genus of righteye flounders containing one extant species and two described fossil species from Japan.
Fossil species
[edit]Two fossil species are known from the Middle Miocene of Japan. C. chitaensis Ohe & Kawase 1995 is known from the Yamami formation of the Chita Peninsula[1] and C. yamagataensis Sakamoto, Uyeno & Otsu 2001 known from Yamagata Prefecture.[2] An indeterminate fossil species is also known from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin, Russia.[3]
Extant species
[edit]There is currently one recognized extant species in this genus:[4]
- Clidoderma asperrimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Roughscale sole)
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Ohe F. & Kawase M. (1995): Clidoderma chitaensis, A New Fossil Flat Fish, from the Miocene Yamami Formation, Chita Peninsula, Aichi, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (Academic Journal, 1995) / 22, 1-7
- ↑ Sakamoto K. & Uyeno T. (2001): Clidoderma yamagataensis, a New Middle Miocene Righteye Flatfish, from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series C, Geology & paleontology 27(1/2), 1-6, June 22, 2001
- ↑ Nazarkin, M. V. (2002). "Large Flatfishes from the Miocene of the Agnev Formation of the Sakhalin Island". Journal of Ichthyology. 42 (1): 7–18.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Clidoderma". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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