Genus Chascanopsetta

Summary:
A small genus of left-eye flounders characterised by having a greatly compressed body, an enormously large mouth, the tip of the lower-jaw protruding beyond the tip of the upper-jaw, and lateral lines developed on both sides of the body.
Author: Bray, D.J. 2018

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Chascanopsetta in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/308

References

Alcock, A.W. 1894. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2(11). An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 63(2,2): 115-137 pls 6-7 Ref at BHL

Amaoka, K. 1971. Studies on the larvae and juveniles of the sinistral flounders-II. Chascanopsetta lugubris. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 18: 25-32 https://doi.org/10.11369/jji1950.18.25Open access

Amaoka, K. & Yamamoto, E. 1984. Review of the genus Chascanopsetta, with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the faculty of fisheries Hokkaido University 35 (4): 201–224. http://hdl.handle.net/2115/23863 Open access

Hensley, D.A. & Ahlstrom, E.H. 1984. Pleuronectiformes: relationships. pp. 670-687 in Moser, H.G. et al. (eds). Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Special Publication 1: 1-760

Hensley, D.A. & Smale, M.J. 1998. A new species of the flatfish genus Chascanopsetta (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from the coasts of Kenya and Somalia with comments on C. lugubris. Special Publication J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 59: 1-16, figs 1-5

Munroe, T A. 2015. 239 Family Bothidae, pp. 1673-1681 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. (eds) The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 4 pp. 1153-1748.

Norman, J.R. 1934. A Systematic Monograph of the Flatfishes (Heterosomata) Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 459 pp. 317 figs.

Tongboonkua, P., Lee, M.-Y.  & Chen, W.-J. 2018. A new species of sinistral flatfish of the genus Chascanopsetta (Teleostei: Bothidae) from off Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4476(1): 168-181. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.16