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Pleuronectes
Sign in to savePleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.
Species
ツノガレイ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyPleuronectidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded103,681
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 181
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Collections
- USNM, UWFC, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States
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Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.
There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 (European plaice) Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814 (Alaska plaice) The following fossil species are also known: †Pleuronectes sonei (Shikama, 1964) (Miocene of Japan)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pleuronectes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.