Pleuronectidae

Classification

Genera in Pleuronectidae

• Pleuronectes — 49 species: Pleuronectes achirus, Pleuronectes albus, Pleuronectes angulatus, Pleuronectes apoda, Pleuronectes aramaca, Pleuronectes argentea, Pleuronectes argenteus, Pleuronectes barbatus
• Poecilopsetta — 15 species: Poecilopsetta albomaculata, Poecilopsetta beanii, Poecilopsetta colorata, Poecilopsetta dorsialta, Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis, Poecilopsetta inermis, Poecilopsetta macrocephala, Poecilopsetta multiradiata
• Macrurus — 14 species: Macrurus altus, Macrurus dorsolobatus, Macrurus ellipticus, Macrurus fasciatus, Macrurus gracilis, Macrurus kolotrachys, Macrurus longirostris, Macrurus obliquus
• Pleuronichthys — 7 species: Pleuronichthys coenosus, Pleuronichthys cornutus, Pleuronichthys decurrens, Pleuronichthys japonicus, Pleuronichthys ocellatus, Pleuronichthys ritteri, Pleuronichthys verticalis
• Limanda — 6 species: Limanda aspera, Limanda ferruginea, Limanda limanda, Limanda proboscidea, Limanda punctatissima, Limanda sakhalinensis
• Ammotretis — 5 species: Ammotretis brevipinnis, Ammotretis elongatus, Ammotretis lituratus, Ammotretis macrolepis, Ammotretis rostratus
• Hippoglossus — 5 species: Hippoglossus antiquus, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus ponticus, Hippoglossus septentrionalis, Hippoglossus stenolepis
• Peltorhamphus — 5 species: Peltorhamphus flexuodorsalis, Peltorhamphus kryptostomus, Peltorhamphus latus, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae, Peltorhamphus tenuis
• Pleuronectidarum — 5 species: Pleuronectidarum acuminatus, Pleuronectidarum irregularis, Pleuronectidarum orbicularis, Pleuronectidarum pentagonalis, Pleuronectidarum splendens
• Pseudopleuronectes — 5 species: Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini, Pseudopleuronectes obscurus, Pseudopleuronectes schrenki, Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae
• Hippoglossoides — 4 species: Hippoglossoides dubius, Hippoglossoides elassodon, Hippoglossoides platessoides, Hippoglossoides robustus
• Microstomus — 4 species: Microstomus achne, Microstomus kitt, Microstomus pacificus, Microstomus shuntovi
• Nematops — 4 species: Nematops grandisquamus, Nematops macrochirus, Nematops microstoma, Nematops nanosquama
• Rhombosolea — 4 species: Rhombosolea leporina, Rhombosolea plebeia, Rhombosolea retiaria, Rhombosolea tapirina
• Colistium — 3 species: Colistium guentheri, Colistium guntheri, Colistium nudipinnis
• Glyptocephalus — 3 species: Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, Glyptocephalus stelleri, Glyptocephalus zachirus
• Lepidopsetta — 3 species: Lepidopsetta bilineata, Lepidopsetta mochigarei, Lepidopsetta polyxystra
• Platichthys — 3 species: Platichthys flesus, Platichthys solemdali, Platichthys stellatus
• Atheresthes — 2 species: Atheresthes evermanni, Atheresthes stomias
• Azygopus — 2 species: Azygopus flemingi, Azygopus pinnifasciatus
• Cleisthenes — 2 species: Cleisthenes herzensteini, Cleisthenes pinetorum
• Eopsetta — 2 species: Eopsetta grigorjewi, Eopsetta jordani
• Evesthes — 2 species: Evesthes hooveri, Evesthes jordani
• Hypsopsetta — 2 species: Hypsopsetta guttulata, Hypsopsetta macrocephala
• Liopsetta — 2 species:
• Marleyella — 2 species:
• Verasper — 2 species:
• Acanthopsetta — 1 species:
• Clidoderma — 1 species:
• Dexistes — 1 species:
• Embassichthys — 1 species:
• Isopsetta — 1 species:
• Kareius — 1 species:
• Lyopsetta — 1 species:
• Oncopterus — 1 species:
• Paralichthodes — 1 species:
• Parophrys — 1 species:
• Pelotretis — 1 species:
• Psammodiscus — 1 species:
• Psettichthys — 1 species:
• Reinhardtius — 1 species:
• Tanakius — 1 species:
• Taratretis — 1 species:

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.