Clidoderma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Clidoderma Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Clidoderma asperrimum |
Clidoderma is a genus of righteye flounders containing one extant species and two described fossil species from Japan.
Two fossil species are known from the 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]
There is currently one recognized extant species in this genus:[3]