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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814
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Synonyms | |
Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudopleuronectes". FishBase. October 2012 version.