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Hippoglossoides
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae
Genus:	Hippoglossoides Gottsche, 1835
Type species
Hippoglossoides limanda Gottsche, 1835
Synonyms
Cynopsetta Jordan & Starks (ex Schmidt) 1906 Drepanopsetta Gill, 1861 Pomatopsetta Gill, 1864

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:

• 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

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

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