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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei
Familia: Bothidae
Genus: Asterorhombus
Species: A. cocosensis – A. filifer – A. intermedius
Name

Asterorhombus Tanaka, 1915
References

Hensley, D.A. 2005. Revision of the Genus Asterorhombus (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae). Copeia Volume 2005(3), pp. 445–460[1]

Asterorhombus is a genus of lefteye flounders native to the Indo-Pacific. These small flatfishes only reach 20 cm (7.9 in) in length.[1]
Species

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

Asterorhombus cocosensis (Bleeker, 1855) (Cocos Island flounder)
Asterorhombus filifer Hensley & J. E. Randall, 2003
Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker, 1865) (Intermediate flounder)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Asterorhombus in FishBase. October 2012 version.

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