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Fish Identification
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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Paralichthyidae Large-tooth flounders

Genus: Xystreurys

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Photo by Grossman, P.C.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 63.5 cm TL
Xystreurys liolepis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880

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Xystreurys liolepis
[Fantail flounder]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 40 cm NG
Xystreurys rasilis (Jordan, 1891)

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Xystreurys rasilis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Xystreurys liolepis Fantail flounder Eastern Pacific 63.5 TL 1880
Xystreurys rasilis Southwest Atlantic 40 NG 1891



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