Pleuronectes

Pleuronectes Temporal range: Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
European plaice (P. platessa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae
Genus:	Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Leptosoma Nardo, 1827 Platessa Cuvier, 1816 SpaniusGistel, 1848

Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• 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) ^[2]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pleuronectes". FishBase . April 2024 version.
2. Sakamoto, Kazuo; Uyeno, Teruya (2002). "Revision of a Miocene Flatfish Pleuronectes sonei (Shikama, 1964) of the Family Pleuronectidae, from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan" (PDF). Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. C. 28: 37–41.