Chascanopsetta
Genus of fishes
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Chascanopsetta is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) found in deeper parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans with a single species, C. lugubris also occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains ten member species.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Bothidae |
| Genus: | Chascanopsetta Alcock, 1894[1] |
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| Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock, 1894 | |
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Description
Species
There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Chascanopsetta crumenalis (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
- Chascanopsetta elski Foroshchuk, 1991
- Chascanopsetta danae Bruun, 1937 (Angry pelican flounder)
- Chascanopsetta kenyaensis Hensley & Smale, 1997
- Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock, 1894 (Pelican flounder)
- Chascanopsetta megagnatha Amaoka & Parin, 1990
- Chascanopsetta micrognatha Amaoka & Yamamoto, 1984
- Chascanopsetta novaeguineae Tongboonkua, Lee & Chen, 2018 (New Guinean pelican flounder)
- Chascanopsetta prognatha Norman, 1939
- Chascanopsetta prorigera (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
