Pegusa
Genus of fishes
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Pegusa is a genus of soles native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.
| Pegusa | |
|---|---|
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| Sand sole (P. lascaris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Pegusa Günther, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Solea aurantiaca as a synonym of Pegusa lascaris Günther 1862 | |
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Pegusa cadenati Chabanaud, 1954 (Cadenat's sole)
- Pegusa impar (E. T. Bennett, 1831) (Adriatic sole)
- Pegusa lascaris (A. Risso, 1810) (sand sole)
- Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1814) (blackhand sole)
- Pegusa triophthalma (Bleeker, 1863) (Cyclope sole)
