Hippoglossoides

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

Hippoglossoides Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae
Genus:	Hippoglossoides Gottsche, 1835
Type species
Hippoglossoides limanda Gottsche, 1835
Synonyms
Cynopsetta Jordan & Starks (ex Schmidt) 1906 Drepanopsetta Gill, 1861 Pomatopsetta Gill, 1864

Species

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

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

Three fossil species are also known:^[2]

• †Hippoglossoides kumaishi Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1991 (Middle Miocene of Japan)^[3]
• †Hippoglossoides naritai Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1989 (Middle Miocene of Japan)^[4]
• †Hippoglossoides pristinus (Jordan, 1927) (Late Miocene of California, USA)^[5]