Microstomus - Smallmouth flounders

Classification

Genus: Microstomus - Smallmouth flounders
Family: Pleuronectidae - Righteye flounders
Order: Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Microstomus is a genus of righteye flounders native to the North Pacific and Northeast Atlantic oceans.
The word Microstomus is derived from the Greek μικρὸς (mikros), meaning small, and στόμα (stoma), meaning mouth.

Species

Lemon sole
(Microstomus kitt)

Slime flounder
(Microstomus achne)

Deep-sea sole
(Microstomus bathybius)

Dover sole
(Microstomus pacificus)

Microstomus shuntovi

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