62 Species in Family Pleuronectidae
Nominal species list for Pleuronectidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi Schmidt, 1904 Scale-eye plaice
Atheresthes evermanni Jordan & Starks, 1904 Kamchatka flounder
Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Arrow-tooth flounder
Cleisthenes pinetorum Jordan & Starks, 1904 Sôhachi
Clidoderma asperrimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Roughscale sole
Dexistes rikuzenius Jordan & Starks, 1904 Rikuzen flounder
Eopsetta grigorjewi (Herzenstein, 1890) Shotted halibut
Eopsetta jordani (Lockington, 1879) Petrale sole
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) Witch flounder
Glyptocephalus kitaharae (Jordan & Starks, 1904) Willowy flounder
Glyptocephalus stelleri (Schmidt, 1904) Blackfin flounder
Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 Rex sole
Hippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904 Flathead flounder
Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 Flathead sole
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) American plaice
Hippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897 Bering flounder
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904 Pacific halibut
Hypsopsetta macrocephala Breder, 1936
Isopsetta isolepis (Lockington, 1880) Butter sole
Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres, 1855) Pacific rock sole
Lepidopsetta mochigarei Snyder, 1911 Dusky sole
Lepidopsetta polyxystra Orr & Matarese, 2000 Northern rock sole
Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814) Yellowfin sole
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) Common dab
Limanda sakhalinensis Hubbs, 1915 Sakhalin sole
Liopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776) Arctic flounder
Liopsetta pinnifasciata (Kner, 1870) Far Eastern smooth flounder
Liopsetta putnami (Gill, 1864) American smooth flounder
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Slender sole
Microstomus achne (Jordan & Starks, 1904) Slime flounder
Microstomus bathybius (Gilbert, 1890) Deep-sea sole
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) Lemon sole
Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879) Dover sole
Microstomus shuntovi Borets, 1983
Myzopsetta ferruginea (Storer, 1839) Yellowtail flounder
Myzopsetta proboscidea (Gilbert, 1896) Longhead dab
Myzopsetta punctatissima (Steindachner, 1879) Dotted flounder
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854 English sole
Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) Stone flounder
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) European flounder
Platichthys solemdali Momigliano, Denys, Jokinen & Merilä, 2018 Baltic flounder
Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787) Starry flounder
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 European plaice
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814 Alaska plaice
Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 C-O sole
Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Ridged-eye flounder
Pleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 Curlfin sole
Pleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856 Diamond turbot
Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929 Common frog flounder
Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & Thompson, 1910 Ocellated turbot
Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907 Spotted turbot
Pleuronichthys verticalis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 Hornyhead turbot
Psettichthys melanostictus Girard, 1854 Pacific sand sole
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) Winter flounder
Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Yellow striped flounder
Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)
Pseudopleuronectes schrenki (Schmidt, 1904) Cresthead flounder
Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) Marbled flounder
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) Greenland halibut
Verasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 Barfin flounder
Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Spotted halibut
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