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Paralichthyidae

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Paralichthyidae

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, while the Pleuronectidae usually (but not always) have their eyes on the right side of the head.

Paralichthys olivaceus

species of fish

Paralichthys dentatus

species of fish

Paralichthys is a genus of large-tooth flounders. Most species are native to the coastal waters of the Americas, but P. olivaceus is from northeast Asia. The largest species reaches about in length.

Pseudorhombus arsius

species of fish

California halibut

species of fish

Pacific sanddab

species of fish

Ancylopsetta dilecta

species of fish

Ancylopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders mostly found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas with one species found along the Pacific coast.

Citharichthys spilopterus

species of fish

southern flounder

species of fish

Hippoglossina is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal Pacific waters of the Americas. A single species, H. oblonga is found along the Atlantic coast of United States and Canada, but it is frequently placed in Paralichthys instead of Hippoglossina.

Four-Spotted flounder

species of fish

Pseudorhombus is a genus of large-tooth flounders. With the exception of P. binii found off Peru, species in this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific. The largest species reaches in length.

Cephalopsetta ventrocellatus

species of fish

species of fish

species of fish

Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus

species of fish

Shrimp flounder

species of fish

Spotfin flounder

species of fish

Syacium is a genus of large-tooth flounders found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. With the exception of S. guineensis from the Atlantic coast of Africa, all species are from the Americas. The largest species in the genus reaches in length.

Etropus is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.

Ancylopsetta ommata

species of fish

Cyclopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.

Tarphops elegans

species of fish

Xystreurys is a genus of large-tooth flounders with one species, X. liolepis, found along the Pacific coast of North America from Monterey Bay, California to the Gulf of California and the other, X. rasile, found along the Atlantic coast of South America from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the southern tip of Argentina.

Tarphops is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the northwest Pacific Ocean.