| Pleuronectinae | |
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| Pleuronectes platessa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type genus | |
| Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the family Pleuronectidae, comprising 14 genera and 33 species. Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas.1
Taxonomy
The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Pleuronectinae:23
- Acanthopsetta
- Cleisthenes
- Dexistes
- Hippoglossoides
- Isopsetta
- Lepidopsetta
- Limanda
- Liopsetta
- Myzopsetta
- Parophrys
- Platichthys
- Pleuronectes
- Psettichthys
- Pseudopleuronectes
References
References
- Evseenko, Sergei A. (February 2004). "Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders" (PDF). Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 37: 37pp. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- "Fish Identification". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
- "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - Genera/Species by Family/Subfamily". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2024-09-13.