Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -207 meters (0 to -679 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
()
- Suborder:
Pleuronectoidei
()
-
- Family:
Bothidae
()
- Genus:
Engyprosopon
()
- Günther, 1862
- Specific name:
grandisquamum
- (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Scientific name: - Engyprosopon grandisquamum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Specific name:
grandisquamum
- (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Genus:
Engyprosopon
(
- Family:
Bothidae
(
- Suborder:
Pleuronectoidei
(
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Engyprosopon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. bellonaensis (Bellona Flounder) · E. bleekeri (Bleeker's Flounder) · E. cocosensis (Cocos Island Flounder) · E. fijiensis (Spotted-Tail Flounder) · E. grandisquama (Spotted-Tail Flounder) · E. hureaui (Hureau's Flounder) · E. longipterum (Long Pectoral Fin Flounder) · E. maldivensis (Olive Wide-Eyed Flounder) · E. mogki (Spotted-Tail Flounder) · E. natalensis (Natal Flounder) · E. rostratum (Long Snout Flounder) · E. septempes (Seven Pelvic Ray Flounder) · E. xystrias (Tail-Spots Flounder)
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 20, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14368585
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2186014
Footnotes
- Mean = -43.800 meters (-143.701 feet), Standard Deviation = 25.310 based on 432 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
