Pleuronectinae is a

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of fish in the family

Pleuronectidae Pleuronectidae, also known as righteye flounders, are a family of flounders. They are called "righteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their left sides, with both eyes on their right sides. The Paralichthyidae are the o ...

, comprising 14

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and 33 species. Members of the subfamily are

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s that live in

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and northern seas.

Taxonomy

The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Pleuronectinae: * '' Acanthopsetta'' * ''

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'' * '' Dexistes'' * '' Hippoglossoides'' * '' Isopsetta'' * '' Lepidopsetta'' * ''

Limanda ''Limanda'' is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. A 2018 cladistic morphological and genetic analysis found that the genus is not monophyletic, and has proposed ''L. f ...

'' * '' Liopsetta'' * ''Myzopsetta'' * ''

Parophrys English sole (''Parophrys vetulus'') is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in estuaries and near shore areas, at depths of up to . It reaches up to in length, and can ...

'' * '' Platichthys'' * '' Pleuronectes'' * '' Psettichthys'' * '' Pseudopleuronectes''

References

Pleuronectidae Fish subfamilies Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Pleuronectiformes-stub