Samariscus Explained

Samariscus is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.

Species

Twenty recognized species are in this genus:

Samariscus asanoi Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962
Samariscus corallinus Gilbert, 1905 (coralline-red flounder)
Samariscus desoutterae Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989
Samariscus filipectoralis S. C. Shen, 1982
Samariscus hexaradiatus Díaz de Astarloa, Causse & Pruvost, 2014 ^[1]
Samariscus huysmani Weber, 1913 (Huysman's righteye flounder)
Samariscus inornatus (Lloyd, 1909)
Samariscus japonicus Kamohara, 1936
Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki, 1951 (deep-body righteye flounder)
Samariscus leopardus Voronina, 2009
Samariscus longimanus Norman, 1927 (longfinned flounder)
Samariscus luzonensis Fowler, 1934 (Luzon righteye flounder)
Samariscus macrognathus Fowler, 1934 (large-mouth righteye flounder)
Samariscus maculatus (Günther, 1880) (spotted righteye flounder)
Samariscus multiradiatus Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2008
Samariscus neocaledonia Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2011 (New Caledonian righteye flounder)
Samariscus nielseni Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989 (Nielsen's righteye flounder)
Samariscus sunieri Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 (Sunier's righteye flounder)
Samariscus triocellatus Woods, 1960 (three-spot righteye flounder)
Samariscus xenicus Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962