Etropus

E826796

Etropus is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling flatfishes found primarily in coastal and continental shelf waters of the Americas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Etropus canonical 1
Etropus ciadi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToFamily Paralichthyidae ⓘ
benthicZone continental shelf ⓘ
bodyShape flatfish ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialImportance minor fisheries importance ⓘ
commonName sand flounders ⓘ
describedAs a genus of small bottom-dwelling flatfishes ⓘ
distribution Americas ⓘ
ecologicalRole benthic predator ⓘ
eyePosition left-eyed flounder ⓘ
family Paralichthyidae ⓘ
feedingType benthic invertebrate feeder ⓘ
finMorphology continuous dorsal and anal fins ⓘ
firstDescribedBy Theodore Nicholas Gill ⓘ
linked to: Theodore Gill
firstDescriptionYear 1862 ⓘ
foundInWaterColumn near seabed ⓘ
geographicRange eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
western Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
continental shelf waters ⓘ
hasSpecies Etropus ciadi ⓘ
linked to: Etropus

Etropus crossotus ⓘ
Etropus delsmani ⓘ
Etropus ectenes ⓘ
Etropus guatemalensis ⓘ
Etropus longimanus ⓘ
Etropus microstomus ⓘ
Etropus peruvianus ⓘ
Etropus rimosus ⓘ
Etropus robustus ⓘ
Etropus tecolutlaensis ⓘ
hasVertebralColumn true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lateralCompression strongly compressed body ⓘ
lifestyle bottom-dwelling ⓘ
demersal ⓘ
order Pleuronectiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction marine egg-laying fish ⓘ
researchUse model for flatfish ecology ⓘ
salinityPreference marine ⓘ
occasionally estuarine ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Etropus crossotus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paralichthyidae → notableGenus → Etropus ⓘ
Etropus → hasSpecies → Etropus ciadi ⓘ
linked to: Etropus