Pleuronectidae

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? Righteye flounder
Image:Pleuronectes platessa.JPG Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes Family: Pleuronectidae
Genera
Acanthopsetta Ammotretis Atheresthes Azygopus Clidoderma Colistium Cleisthenes Clidoderma Colisteum Dexistes Embassichthys Eopsetta Errex Glyptocephalus - fluke Hippoglossoides Hippoglossus - halibut Hypsopsetta Isopsetta Lepidopsetta Limanda - mud dabs Liopsetta - eelback flounder Lyopsetta Marleyella Microstomus - smear dab Nematops Oncopterus Paralichthodes Parophrys Pelotretis Peltorhamphus Platichthys - starry flounder Pleuronectes - northern flounder, plaice Pleuronichthys Poecilopsetta Psammodiscus Psettichthys Pseudopleuronectes Reinhardtius Rhombosolea Samaris Samariscus Tanakius Taratretis Verasper

Righteye flounders (family Pleuronectidae) are a group of flounders. It includes some well-known species, such as the plaice, the halibut or the fluke.