Sorsogona
Sorsogona is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
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| Tuberculated Flathead (S. tuberculata) | |
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| Genus: | Sorsogona Herre, 1934 |
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Sorsogona humerosa L. W. Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 (White-margined flathead)
- Sorsogona melanoptera L. W. Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 (Obscure flathead)[2]
- 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)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sorsogona in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- "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".
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