Cyclopsetta

Short description: Genus of fishes

Cyclopsetta

Spotfin Flounder (C. fimbriata)
Mexican Flounder (C. chittendeni)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Pleuronectiformes
Family:  | Paralichthyidae
Genus:  | Cyclopsetta
T. N. Gill, 1889
Type species
Hemirhombus fimbriatus

Goode & Bean, 1885

Synonyms

* Azevia Jordan, 1889
* Dorsopsetta Nielsen, 1963

Cyclopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.

## Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

* Cyclopsetta chittendeni B. A. Bean, 1895 (Mexican flounder)
* Cyclopsetta fimbriata (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885) (Spotfin flounder)
* Cyclopsetta panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) (God's flounder)
* Cyclopsetta querna (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Toothed flounder)

## References

1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cyclopsetta in FishBase. October 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2452279 entry

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