Pleuronichthys
Genus of fishes
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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.[1]
| Pleuronichthys Temporal range: | |
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| Pleuronichthys japonicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Pleuronichthyinae |
| Genus: | Pleuronichthys Girard, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 | |
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Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 (C-O sole)
- Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Ridge-eyed flounder) [3]
- 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.[4] Fossils attributed to indeterminate species of this genus present at the mid-Miocene Duho Formation of South Korea.[5]
