Glyptocephalus

Glyptocephalus is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans

Etymology

The word Glytocephalus is derived from the Greek γλύφειν (glyphein), meaning "to carve", and κεφαλή (kephalē), meaning "head".

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
File:Glyptocephalus cynoglossus 2.jpg	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)	witch, witch flounder, pole flounder, craig fluke, Torbay sole and grey sole	northern Atlantic Ocean
File:Tanakius kitaharae.png	Glyptocephalus kitaharae (Jordan & Starks, 1904)	Willowy flounder	northwest Pacific Ocean: Yellow Sea, Gulf of Bo Hai, East China Sea (Hokkaido, Taiwan, Japan)
File:Glyptocephalus stelleri южных Курильских островов.JPG	Glyptocephalus stelleri (P. J. Schmidt, 1904)	Blackfin flounder	northern Pacific, from the Sea of Japan to the Strait of Tartary and southern Kuril Islands and out into the Bering Sea.
File:Rexeyed.jpg	Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879	Rex sole	northern Pacific, from Baja California in Mexico up the coasts of the United States, British Columbia and Alaska, across the Bering Sea to the coast of Russia and the Sea of Japan.