Clidoderma

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Clidoderma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Clidoderma
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Clidoderma asperrimum

Clidoderma is a genus of righteye flounders containing one extant species and two described fossil species from Japan.

Fossil species[edit]

Two fossil species are known from the Miocene of Japan. C. chitaensis Ohe & Kawase 1995 is known from the Yamami formation of the Chita Peninsula[1] and C. yamagataensis Sakamoto, Uyeno & Otsu 2001 known from Yamagata Prefecture.[2]

Extant species[edit]

There is currently one recognized extant species in this genus:[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ohe F. & Kawase M. (1995): Clidoderma chitaensis, A New Fossil Flat Fish, from the Miocene Yamami Formation, Chita Peninsula, Aichi, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (Academic Journal ,1995 ) / 22 , 1-7
  2. ^ Sakamoto K. & Uyeno T. (2001): Clidoderma yamagataensis, a New Middle Miocene Righteye Flatfish, from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series C, Geology & paleontology 27(1/2), 1-6, June 22, 2001
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Clidoderma in FishBase. October 2012 version.