Monolene is a genus of small, mainly deepwater lefteye flounders from the Atlantic and East Pacific.
Monolene | |
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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
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Synonyms | |
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Species
editThe currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- 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)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Monolene". FishBase. October 2012 version.