Hippoglossoides

Hippoglossoides is a genus of righteye flounders native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

• Hippoglossoides dubius <small>Schmidt, 1904</small> (Flathead flounder)
• Hippoglossoides elassodon <small>Jordan & Gilbert, 1880</small> (Flathead sole)
• Hippoglossoides platessoides <small>(O. Fabricius, 1780)</small> (American plaice)
• Hippoglossoides robustus <small>Gill & Townsend, 1897</small> (Bering flounder)

Three fossil species are also known:

• †Hippoglossoides kumaishi <small>Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1991</small> (Middle Miocene of Japan)
• †Hippoglossoides naritai <small>Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1989</small> (Middle Miocene of Japan)
• †Hippoglossoides pristinus <small>(Jordan, 1927)</small> (Late Miocene of California, USA)

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