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Xystreurys liolepis
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Xystreurys liolepis

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Xystreurys
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Xystreurys
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Overview
Main identification features
  • eyes left side;head small
  • ll: arched, extension under eye
  • teeth more developed blind side
  • mouth not long
XYSTREURYS

FLOUNDERS

Eyes on left side; body deep; head small; teeth small, conical, 1 row each jaw, better developed on blind side; dorsal origin over top eye; eye side pectoral long; pelvics in symmetric position on belly, of equal sizes; lateral line strongly arched over pectoral fin, with branch under lower eye; urinary papilla on eye-side; scales on both sides of body smooth.

A neotropical genus with 3 species; 1 in and endemic to our region.


References
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