Hippoglossinae

Hippoglossinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:
Gill, 1864

The Hippoglossinae are a subfamily of fish in the family Pleuronectidae. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words hippos, "horse", and glossa, "tongue".

Genera

The fossil genus †Psettoraptor Nazarkin, 2002 is known from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin, Russia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Nazarkin, M. V. (2002). "Large Flatfishes from the Miocene of the Agnev Formation of the Sakhalin Island" (PDF). Journal of Ichthyology. 42 (1): 7–18.


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