Pleuronectini
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Pleuronectini is a tribe of fish in the Pleuronectinae
subfamily.
Pleuronectinae
Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the Pleuronectidae family, comprising 27 genera and 61 species. Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas....
subfamily.
Genera
- KareiusKareiusKareius is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It consists of only one species, the stone flounder....
- LimandaLimandaLimanda is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Species:* Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera .* Yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea .* Common dab, Limanda limanda...
- LiopsettaLiopsettaLiopsetta is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Species:* Arctic flounder, Liopsetta glacialis .* Far Eastern smooth flounder, Liopsetta pinnifasciata ....
- ParophrysParophrysParophrys is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It consists of only one species, the English sole.-Nomenclature:The English sole was first given the name Parophrys vetulus by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1854; the word parophrys is derived from the Greek para, meaning "near", and ophrys,...
- PlatichthysPlatichthysStarry flounders is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It contains two species.-Species:* European flounder, Platichthys flesus .* Starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus ....
- PleuronectesPleuronectesPleuronectes is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Species:* European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa .* Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus ....
- PseudopleuronectesPseudopleuronectesPseudopleuronectes is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Species:* Winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus .* Yellow striped flounder, Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini ....