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Genus of fishes

Zeugopterus

Topknot (Z. punctatus)

Eckström's Topknot (Z. regius)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Scophthalmidae
Genus:	Zeugopterus Gottsche, 1835
Type species
Pleuronectes hirtus Müller, 1789
Synonyms
Phrynorhombus Günther, 1862

Zeugopterus is a genus of turbots native to the north Atlantic Ocean. The three species reach a maximum length of 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in).

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

Zeugopterus norvegicus (Günther, 1862) (Norwegian topknot)
Zeugopterus punctatus (Bloch, 1787) (Topknot)
Zeugopterus regius (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Eckström's topknot)

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zeugopterus". FishBase. April 2024 version.

Taxon identifiers
Zeugopterus	Wikidata: Q1284123 ADW: Zeugopterus BOLD: 200750 CoL: 63WJZ EPPO: 1ZEUGG GBIF: 2409409 iNaturalist: 92928 IRMNG: 1110120 ITIS: 172828 NBN: NBNSYS0000188370 NCBI: 526622 Open Tree of Life: 386081 WoRMS: 126125

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