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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cleisthenes is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Cleisthenes | |
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Cleisthenes pinetorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Cleisthenes Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
Type species | |
Cleisthenes pinetorum Jordan & Starks 1904 | |
Synonyms | |
Protopsetta Schmidt, 1904 |
Both species in the genus are commonly known as Sôhachi in Japan.[1][2]
The genus is named after the Athenian noble and democrat Cleisthenes.
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
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