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Clidoderma

Clidoderma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Clidoderma
Bleeker, 1862

Clidoderma is a genus of righteye flounders containing one extant species and two described fossil species from Japan.

Two fossil species are known from the Miocene of Japan. C. chitaensis Ohe & Kawase 1995 is known from the Yamami formation of the Chita Peninsula and C. yamagataensis Sakamoto, Uyeno & Otsu 2001 known from Yamagata Prefecture.

There is currently one recognized extant species in this genus:


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