Nematops

Nematops is a genus of righteye flounders native to the Indo-West Pacific. Due to their small size (up to 10 centimetres or 3.9 inches) and depth of habitation (up to 650 metres or 2,130 feet) few examples of this genus are caught, and as a result little is known of their morphology and distribution.^[1]

Nematops
Nematops microstoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Poecilopsettinae
Genus:	Nematops Günther, 1880
Type species
Nematops microstoma Günther 1880

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Nematops grandisquama Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Large-scale righteye flounder)
• Nematops macrochirus Norman, 1931 (Narrow-body righteye flounder)
• Nematops microstoma Günther, 1880 (Small-mouth righteye flounder)
• Nematops nanosquama Amaoka, Kawai & Séret, 2006