Syacium

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Syacium is a genus of lefteye flounders, a group of bottom-dwelling flatfishes found primarily in coastal and continental shelf waters of the Americas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Syacium canonical 1
Syacium papillosum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus of fish ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
benthosAssociation demersal ⓘ
bodyForm flatfish ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName lefteye flounders ⓘ
development metamorphosis from larval to flatfish form ⓘ
ecologicalRole benthic predator ⓘ
eyePosition left side ⓘ
family Paralichthyidae ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
continental shelf waters ⓘ
hasSpecies Syacium cf. papillosum ⓘ
Syacium gunteri ⓘ
Syacium latifrons ⓘ
Syacium longidorsale ⓘ
Syacium maculiferum ⓘ
linked to: Syacium micrurum

Syacium micrurum ⓘ
Syacium ovale ⓘ
Syacium papillosum ⓘ
linked to: Syacium
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle bottom-dwelling ⓘ
locomotion swimming ⓘ
nativeRange Americas ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
western Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
order Pleuronectiformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Paralichthyidae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
skeletonType bony ⓘ
symmetry asymmetrical adult body ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
trophicLevel carnivorous ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Paralichthyidae → notableGenus → Syacium ⓘ
Syacium → hasSpecies → Syacium papillosum ⓘ
linked to: Syacium