Pleuronichthys
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| Pleuronichthys japonicus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Pleuronichthyinae |
| Genus: | Pleuronichthys Girard, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 | |
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Pleuronichthys is a genus of righteye flounders, sometimes considered a monospecific subfamily (Pleuronichthyinae), in the family Pleuronectidae found in the Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
- Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 (C-O sole)
- Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Ridge-eyed flounder)
- Pleuronichthys decurrens D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881 (Curlfin sole)
- Pleuronichthys guttulatus (Girard, 1856) (Diamond turbot)
- Pleuronichthys japonicus S. Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009
- Pleuronichthys macrocephalus (Breder, 1936)
- Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & W. F. Thompson, 1910 (Ocellated turbot)
- Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & E. L. Morris, 1907 (Spotted turbot)
- Pleuronichthys verticalis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Horny-head turbot)
One fossil species, †Pleuronichthys veliger (Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) is known from the Late Miocene of California, US. Fossils attributed to indeterminate species of this genus present at the mid-Miocene Duho Formation of South Korea.
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pleuronichthys". FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pleuronichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ Yokogawa, K.; Watanabe, K.-I.; Ogihara, G. (2016). "Redescriptions of two closely related East Asian flatfish species of the genus Pleuronichthys". Zootaxa. 4205 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.1. PMID 27988592.
- ↑ D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert (1920). "Fossil Fishes of Diatom Beds of Lompoc, California". Leland Stanford Junior University Publications University Series. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.28465. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6k06zc6d.
- ↑ Ko, J.Y.; Nam, K.S. (2016). "Pleuronichthys sp. Fossils (Pleuronectidae) from the Duho Formation, Pohang Uhyeon-dong in Korea" (PDF). Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society. 37 (3): 133–142. doi:10.5467/JKESS.2016.37.3.133.
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