Pseudopleuronectes

Pseudopleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders mostly native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean with one species (P. americanus) found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.

Pseudopleuronectes
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Pseudopleuronectes
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Pleuronectes planus
Mitchill, 1814
Synonyms

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) (Winter flounder)
  • Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Yellow-striped flounder)
  • Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)
  • Pseudopleuronectes schrenki (P. J. Schmidt, 1904) (Cresthead flounder)
  • Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) (Marbled flounder)
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pseudopleuronectes in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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