Biology:Pleuronectes

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pleuronectes
Pleuronectes platessa.jpg
European plaice (P. platessa)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Pleuronectes
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Pleuronectes platessa
Synonyms
  • Leptosoma Nardo, 1827
  • Platessa Cuvier, 1816
  • Spanius Gistel, 1848

Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 (European plaice)
  • Pleuronectes putnami (T. N. Gill, 1864) (American smooth flounder)
  • Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814 (Alaska plaice)

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q572495 entry