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Genus of fishes

Lophonectes

Crested Flounder (L. gallus)

L. mongonuiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Bothidae
Genus:	Lophonectes Günther, 1880
Type species
Lophonectes gallus Günther,1880
Synonyms
Lophorhombus Macleay, 1882

Lophonectes is a genus of small lefteye flounders found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

Lophonectes gallus Günther, 1880 (Crested flounder)
Lophonectes mongonuiensis (Regan, 1914)

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lophonectes". FishBase. October 2012 version.

Taxon identifiers
Lophonectes	Wikidata: Q289653 Wikispecies: Lophonectes AFD: Lophonectes BOLD: 72629 CoL: 5GM4 GBIF: 2408688 iNaturalist: 89610 IRMNG: 1290225 ITIS: 615970 NCBI: 548266 NZOR: 662569f0-58ec-4a63-80d8-9f9ea20d9fed Open Tree of Life: 639360 WoRMS: 269733

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