Grammatobothus
| Grammatobothus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Grammatobothidae Tongboonkua, Chanet & Chen, 2025 |
| Genus: | Grammatobothus Norman, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Platophrys (Platophrys) polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1866
| |
Grammatobothus is a genus of small flatfish native to the Indo-Pacific.
Their eyes are located on the left side of their body, and thus they have long been placed in the "lefteye flounder" family, Bothidae. However, more recent studies have split up the family into multiple families, with Grammatobothus being the most basal member of this group. For this reason, it was moved to its own monotypic family, Grammatobothidae (the small lefteye flounders), in 2025.[1][2]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Grammatobothus krempfi Chabanaud, 1929 (Krempf's flounder)
- Grammatobothus pennatus (J. D. Ogilby, 1913) (Pennant flounder)
- Grammatobothus polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1865) (Threespot flounder)
References
- ^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- ^ Tongboonkua, Pakorn; Chanet, Bruno; Chen, Wei-Jen (2025). "Integrated Molecular and Morphological Analyses Resolve Long-Standing Classification Challenges in the Sinistral Flatfish Family Bothidae (Teleostei: Carangiformes)". Zoologica Scripta. n/a (n/a) zsc.70020. doi:10.1111/zsc.70020. ISSN 1463-6409.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Grammatobothus". FishBase. October 2012 version.