Samaridae

The Samaridae are a family, the crested flounders, of small flatfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They were formerly classified as a subfamily of Pleuronectidae. The family contains four genera with a total of almost 30 species.

Samaridae
Samariscus corallines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Samaridae
Jordan & Goss, 1889
Genera[1]

Plagiopsetta[2]
Samaretta[3]
Samaris[4]
Samariscus[5]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Samaridae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Plagiopsetta in FishBase. May 2014 version.
  3. Voronina, E.P. & Suzumoto, A.Y. (2017): Samaretta perexilis, a New Genus and New Species of Samarid Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes: Samaridae) from the South Pacific. Journal of Ichthyology, 57 (1): 1–9.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Samaris in FishBase. May 2014 version.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Samariscus in FishBase. May 2014 version.


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