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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
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
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
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
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
Fine flounder
species of fish
Gray flounder
species of fish
Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus
species of fish
Shrimp flounder
species of fish
Spotfin flounder
species of fish
Syacium
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
Etropus is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.
Ancylopsetta ommata
species of fish
Cyclopsetta
Cyclopsetta is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the coastal waters of the Americas.
Tarphops elegans
species of fish
Xystreurys
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
Tarphops is a genus of large-tooth flounders native to the northwest Pacific Ocean.