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Crossorhombus

genus of fishes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ251773 ↗
Source-derived summary

Crossorhombus is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the Indian and West Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock, 1889) (Blue flounder)

Crossorhombus howensis (Hensley & J. E. Randall, 1993) (Lord Howe Island flounder)

Crossorhombus kanekonis (S. Tanaka (I), 1918)

Crossorhombus kobensis (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906) (Kobe flounder)

Crossorhombus pescadores (Kunio Amaoka et al.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Crossorhombus” as genus of fishes. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Crossorhombus, genus and fishes.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889, 1993, 1918, 1906—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Crossorhombus, genus and fishes providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q251773. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1993, 1918 and 1906.

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This entry incorporates text from “Crossorhombus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.