Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei
Familia: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Pseudopleuronectes
Species: P. americanus – P. herzensteini – P. obscurus – P. schrenki – P. yokohamae
Name
Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker, 1862
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Pseudopleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders mostly native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean with one species (P. americanus) found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) (Winter flounder)
Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Yellow-striped flounder)
Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)
Pseudopleuronectes schrenki (P. J. Schmidt, 1904) (Cresthead flounder)
Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) (Marbled flounder)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudopleuronectes". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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