Hippoglossina | |
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Hippoglossina oblonga | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Paralichthyidae |
Genus: | Hippoglossina Steindachner, 1876 |
Type species | |
Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner 1876
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Synonyms | |
Lioglossina Gilbert, 1890 |
Hippoglossina is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal Pacific waters of the Americas. A single species, H. oblonga is found along the Atlantic coast of United States and Canada, but it is frequently placed in Paralichthys instead of Hippoglossina.