''Paralichthys'' is a

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large-tooth flounder Large-tooth flounders or sand flounders are a family, Paralichthyidae, of flounders. The family contains 14 genera with a total of about 110 species. They lie on the sea bed on their right side; both eyes are always on the left side of the head, ...

s. Most species are native to the coastal waters of the

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, but ''P. olivaceus'' is from northeast Asia. The largest species reaches about in length.

Species

There are currently almost 20 species in this genus: * '' Paralichthys adspersus'' (

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, 1867) (Fine flounder) * '' Paralichthys aestuarius'' C. H. Gilbert & Scofield, 1898 (Cortez flounder) * '' Paralichthys albigutta'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Gulf flounder) * '' Paralichthys brasiliensis'' ( Ranzani, 1842) (Brazilian flounder) * '' Paralichthys californicus'' ( Ayres, 1859) (California flounder) * '' Paralichthys delfini''

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& Plaza, 1987 * ''

Paralichthys dentatus The summer flounder or fluke (''Paralichthys dentatus'') is a marine flatfish that is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. It is especially abundant in waters from North Carolina to Massachusetts. Descr ...

'' ( Linnaeus, 1766) (Summer flounder) * '' Paralichthys fernandezianus''

, 1903 * '' Paralichthys isosceles'' D. S. Jordan, 1891 * '' Paralichthys lethostigma'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884 (Southern flounder) * '' Paralichthys microps'' ( Günther, 1881) * ''

Paralichthys olivaceus The olive flounder (''Paralichthys olivaceus''), bastard halibut or Japanese halibut, is a temperate marine species of large-tooth flounder native to the North-western Pacific Ocean. It is often referred to as the Japanese flatfish or Korean fla ...

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& Schlegel, 1846) (Bastard halibut) * '' Paralichthys orbignyanus'' (

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, 1839) * '' Paralichthys patagonicus'' D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Patagonian flounder) * '' Paralichthys squamilentus'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Broad flounder) * '' Paralichthys triocellatus'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903 * '' Paralichthys tropicus'' Ginsburg, 1933 (Tropical flounder) * '' Paralichthys woolmani'' D. S. Jordan & T. M. Williams, 1897 (Speckled flounder) The American four-spot flounder ''

Hippoglossina oblonga ''Hippoglossina oblonga'' (the fourspot flounder, American fourspot flounder or simply four-spot), is a flatfish and member of the large-tooth flounder family Paralichthyidae. This species has been placed in the genus ''Paralichthys'' by some ...

'' is sometimes placed in ''Paralichthys'' by some authorities but

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does not and that source is followed here.

References

Paralichthyidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard {{Pleuronectiformes-stub