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Hippoglossina
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Hippoglossina

Hippoglossina is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal Pacific waters of the Americas. A single species, H. oblonga is found along the Atlantic coast of United States and Canada, but it is frequently placed in Paralichthys instead of Hippoglossina.

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

Bigmouth Flounder

speciesHippoglossina stomata

Hippoglossina macrops

speciesHippoglossina macrops

Fourspot Flounder

speciesHippoglossina tetrophthalma

Hippoglossina bollmani

speciesHippoglossina bollmani

Hippoglossina mystacium

speciesHippoglossina mystacium

Hippoglossina montemaris

speciesHippoglossina montemaris

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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 88910.