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Heteromycteris
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Heteromycteris

Heteromycteris is a genus of small soles found in both salt and brackish water. Most are native to the northwest Pacific, but H. hartzfeldii and H. oculus are from the Indo-Pacific, and H. capensis is from southern Africa.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Hook-nosed Sole

speciesHeteromycteris hartzfeldii

Cape Sole

speciesHeteromycteris capensis

Eyed Sole

speciesHeteromycteris oculus

Heteromycteris japonicus

speciesHeteromycteris japonicus

Heteromycteris proboscideus

speciesHeteromycteris proboscideus

Heteromycteris matsubarai

speciesHeteromycteris matsubarai

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88878.