Clidoderma

Clidoderma; Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Hippoglossinae
Genus:	Clidoderma; Bleeker, 1862
Type species
	Clidoderma asperrimum; Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

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

Fossil species

Two fossil species are known from the Middle Miocene of Japan. C. chitaensis Ohe & Kawase 1995 is known from the Yamami formation of the Chita Peninsula^[1] and C. yamagataensis Sakamoto, Uyeno & Otsu 2001 known from Yamagata Prefecture.^[2] An indeterminate fossil species is also known from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin, Russia.^[3]

There is currently one recognized extant species in this genus:^[4]

^ Ohe F. & Kawase M. (1995): Clidoderma chitaensis, A New Fossil Flat Fish, from the Miocene Yamami Formation, Chita Peninsula, Aichi, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (Academic Journal, 1995) / 22, 1-7
^ Sakamoto K. & Uyeno T. (2001): Clidoderma yamagataensis, a New Middle Miocene Righteye Flatfish, from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series C, Geology & paleontology 27(1/2), 1-6, June 22, 2001
^ Nazarkin, M. V. (2002). "Large Flatfishes from the Miocene of the Agnev Formation of the Sakhalin Island" (PDF). Journal of Ichthyology. 42 (1): 7–18.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Clidoderma". FishBase. October 2012 version.

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