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