Sorsogona Explained

Sorsogona is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

• Sorsogona humerosa L. W. Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 (White-margined flathead)
• Sorsogona melanoptera L. W. Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 (Obscure flathead)^[1]
• Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905) (Blackfin flathead)
• Sorsogona portuguesa (J. L. B. Smith, 1953) (South African thorny flathead)
• Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873) (Halfspined flathead)
• Sorsogona tuberculata (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Tuberculated flathead)

Sorsogona is recognised by Fishbase but, apparently, does not include the type species, Sorsogona serrulata, as a species within it. Catalog of Fishes treats this genus as a synonym of Ratabulus .

Notes and References

1. Book: Sorsogona melanoptera A new Flathead fish from the northern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) by Leslie W. Knapp and Thosaporn Wongratana Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:381-385 (1987)i. 1987 .