Syacium

Syacium is a genus of large-tooth flounders found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. With the exception of S. guineensis from the Atlantic coast of Africa, all species are from the Americas. The largest species in the genus reaches 40 cm (16 in) in length.^[1]

Syacium
Shoal Flounder (S. gunteri)
Dusky Flounder (S. papillosum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Cyclopsettidae
Genus:	Syacium Ranzani, 1842
Type species
Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842
Synonyms
Armaca Jordan & Goss, 1885 Hemirhombus Bleeker, 1862

Species

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

• Syacium guineensis (Bleeker, 1862) (Papillose flounder)
• Syacium gunteri Ginsburg, 1933 (Shoal flounder)
• Syacium latifrons (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Beach flounder)
• Syacium longidorsale Murakami & Amaoka, 1992 (Longfin flounder)
• Syacium maculiferum (Garman, 1899) (Clearspot flounder)
• Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842 (Channel flounder)
• Syacium ovale (Günther, 1864) (Oval flounder)
• Syacium papillosum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dusky flounder)