Hippoglossina

Hippoglossina
Hippoglossina oblonga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Paralichthyidae
Genus: Hippoglossina
Steindachner, 1876
Type species
Hippoglossina macrops
Steindachner 1876
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.