Pseudopleuronectes

Pseudopleuronectes
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Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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:

• 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)