Etropus

Etropus is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.

Etropus
Etropus crossotus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Paralichthyidae
Genus:	Etropus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
Type species
Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:

• Etropus ciadi van der Heiden & Plascencia González, 2005
• Etropus crossotus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Fringed flounder)
• Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & D. J. Stewart, 1986 (Shelf flounder)
• Etropus delsmani Chabanaud, 1940
  • Etropus delsmani delsmani Chabanaud, 1940
  • Etropus delsmani pacificus J. G. Nielsen, 1963 (Delsman's flounder)
• Etropus ectenes D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Sole flounder)
• Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933
• Etropus microstomus (T. N. Gill, 1864) (Smallmouth flounder)
• Etropus peruvianus Hildebrand, 1946 (Peruvian flounder)
• Etropus rimosus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885 (Gray flounder)