Chascanopsetta

Chascanopsetta
Conventional and X-ray images of a Chascanopsetta species
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Chascanopsetta
Alcock, 1894
Type species
Chascanopsetta lugubris
Alcock, 1894
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Pelecanichthys Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
  • Trachypterophrys Franz, 1910

Chascanopsetta is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) found in deeper parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans with a single species, C. lugubris also occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains ten member species.

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