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Pseudopleuronectes

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Pseudopleuronectes
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Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Pseudopleuronectes
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Pleuronectes planus
Mitchill, 1814
Synonyms
  • Gareus Hubbs, 1915
  • Limandella Jordan & Starks, 1906

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.

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)

References

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


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