Limanda Explained

Limanda is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

A 2018 cladistic morphological and genetic analysis found that the genus is not monophyletic, and has proposed L. ferruginea, L. proboscidea and L. punctatissima be placed in the genus Myzopsetta.^[1]

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

• Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814) (Yellowfin sole)
• Limanda ferruginea (D. H. Storer (fr), 1839) (Yellowtail flounder)
• Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dab)
• Limanda proboscidea C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (Longhead dab)
• Limanda punctatissima (Steindachner, 1879) (Speckled flounder)
• Limanda sakhalinensis C. L. Hubbs, 1915 (Sakhalin sole)

Notes and References

1. Vinnikov . Kirill A. . Thomson . Robert C. . Munroe . Thomas A. . Revised classification of the righteye flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) based on multilocus phylogeny with complete taxon sampling . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 2018 . 125 . 147–162 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.014. 29535031 . free .