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Syacium
Syacium is a genus of large-tooth flounders found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. With the exception of S. guineensis from the Atlantic coast of Africa, all species are from the Americas. The largest species in the genus reaches 40 cm (16 in) in length.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Channel Flounder
speciesSyacium micrurum
Dusky Flounder
speciesSyacium papillosum
Papillose Flounder
speciesSyacium guineense
Shoal Flounder
speciesSyacium gunteri
Beach Flounder
speciesSyacium latifrons
Syacium ovale
speciesSyacium ovale
Syacium longidorsale
speciesSyacium longidorsale
Clearspot flounder
speciesSyacium maculiferum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 92323.