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''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'' (Johann Julius Walbaum, Walbaum, 1792) (Winter flounder) * ''Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & John Otterbein Snyder, Snyder, 1901) (Yellow-striped flounder) * ''Pseudopleuronectes obscurus'' (Solomon Markovitch Herzenstein, Herzenstein, 1890) * ''Pseudopleuronectes schrenki'' (Peter Yulevich Schmidt, P. J. Schmidt, 1904) (Cresthead flounder) * ''Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1877) (Marbled flounder)


References

Pleuronectidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Pleuronectiformes-stub