Monolene

Monolene is a genus of small, mainly deepwater lefteye flounders from the Atlantic and East Pacific.

Monolene
M. atrimana
Deepwater flounder (M. sessilicauda)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Family:	Bothidae
Genus:	Monolene Goode, 1880
Type species
Monolene sessilicauda Goode, 1880
Synonyms
Delothyris Goode, 1883 Thyris Goode, 1880

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Monolene antillarum Norman, 1933 (slim flounder)
• Monolene asaedai H. W. Clark, 1936 (Asaedae flounder)
• Monolene atrimana Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886 (longfinned deepwater flounder)
• Monolene danae Bruun, 1937
• Monolene dubiosa Garman, 1899 (Acapulco flounder)
• Monolene helenensis Amaoka & Imamura, 2000
• Monolene maculipinna Garman, 1899 (Pacific deepwater flounder)
• Monolene megalepis Woods, 1961
• Monolene mertensi (Poll, 1959) (Marten's moonflounder)
• Monolene microstoma Cadenat, 1937 (smallmouth moonflounder)
• Monolene sessilicauda Goode, 1880 (deepwater flounder)