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Pleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815

125579  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125579)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Class)
  9. Teleostei (Subclass)
  10. Pleuronectiformes (Order)
  11. Pleuronectidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Subfamily Paralichthodinae Regan, 1920
Subfamily Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815
  » Genus Acanthopsetta Schmidt, 1904
  » Genus Atheresthes Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
  » Genus Cleisthenes Jordan & Starks, 1904
  » Genus Clidoderma Bleeker, 1862
  » Genus Dexistes Jordan & Starks, 1904
  » Genus Embassichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  » Genus Eopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885
  » Genus Glyptocephalus Gottsche, 1835
  » Genus Hippoglossoides Gottsche, 1835
  » Genus Hippoglossus Cuvier, 1816
  » Genus Hypsopsetta Gill, 1862
  » Genus Isopsetta Lockington, 1883
  » Genus Kareius Jordan & Snyder, 1900
  » Genus Lepidopsetta Gill, 1862
  » Genus Limanda Gottsche, 1835
  » Genus Liopsetta Gill, 1864
  » Genus Lyopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885
  » Genus Microstomus Gottsche, 1835
  » Genus Parophrys Girard, 1854
  » Genus Platichthys Girard, 1854
  » Genus Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758
  » Genus Pleuronichthys Girard, 1854
  » Genus Psettichthys Girard, 1854
  » Genus Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker, 1862
  » Genus Reinhardtius Gill, 1861
  » Genus Tanakius Hubbs, 1918
  » Genus Verasper Jordan & Gilbert, 1898
  » Genus Araias Jordan & Starks, 1904 accepted as Dexistes Jordan & Starks, 1904
  » Genus Cynicoglossus Bonaparte, 1837 accepted as Microstomus Gottsche, 1835
  » Genus Eopsetia accepted as Eopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885 (misspelling)
  » Genus Errex Jordan, 1919 accepted as Glyptocephalus Gottsche, 1835
  » Genus Euchalarodus Gill, 1864 accepted as Liopsetta Gill, 1864 (synonym)
  » Genus Flesus Moreau, 1881 accepted as Platichthys Girard, 1854
  » Genus Hypoglossoides accepted as Hippoglossoides Gottsche, 1835 (misspelling)
  » Genus Limanada accepted as Limanda Gottsche, 1835 (misspelling)
  » Genus Myzopsetta Gill, 1861 accepted as Limanda Gottsche, 1835
  » Genus Platessa Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758
  » Genus Platysomatichthys Bleeker, 1862 accepted as Reinhardtius Gill, 1861
  » Tribe Pleuronectini Li, 1981 accepted as Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815 (not monophyletic)
  » Genus Protopsetta Schmidt, 1904 accepted as Cleisthenes Jordan & Starks, 1904
  » Genus Veraequa Jordan & Starks, 1904 accepted as Microstomus Gottsche, 1835
Subfamily Poecilopsettinae Norman, 1934
Subfamily Rhombosoleinae Regan, 1910

Genus Xystrias Jordan & Starks, 1904 accepted as Eopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
Description Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin. Fins...  
Description Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin. Fins without spines. Dorsal fin extends on head. Swimbladder absent in adults. Eggs without oil globule in yolk. Benthic, from a few to more than 1,000 m. Almost all species important to fisheries.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2022). FishBase. Pleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125579 on 2022-05-29
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]   

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From other sources
Description Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin. Fins without spines. Dorsal fin extends on head. Swimbladder absent in adults. Eggs without oil globule in yolk. Benthic, from a few to more than 1,000 m. Almost all species important to fisheries.  [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch platvissen  [details]
English righteye flounders  [details]
Japanese カレイ科  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål flyndrefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk flyndrefamilien  [details]
Swedish flundrefiskar (=spättor)  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) 
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Pleuronectidae
 Pleuronectidae

Flatfish larvae
 Flatfish larvae


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