''Pseudopleuronectes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
righteye flounder
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 ...
s mostly native to the northwestern
Pacific Ocean
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with one species (''P. americanus'') found in the northwestern
Atlantic Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes americanus''
( Walbaum, 1792) (Winter flounder)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini''
( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Yellow-striped flounder)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes obscurus''
( Herzenstein, 1890)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes schrenki''
( P. J. Schmidt, 1904) (Cresthead flounder)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae''
( Günther, 1877) (Marbled flounder)
References
Pleuronectidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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