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Ancylopsetta

Ancylopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders mostly found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas with one species found along the Pacific coast.

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Ancylopsetta
Three-eye flounder (A. dilecta)
Gulf of Mexico ocellated flounder (A. ommata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Paralichthyidae
Genus: Ancylopsetta
T. N. Gill, 1864
Type species
Ancylopsetta ommata
T. N. Gill 1864
Synonyms
  • Notosema Goode & Bean, 1883
  • Ramularia Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Ancylopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders mostly found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas with one species found along the Pacific coast.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:1

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