''Atheresthes'' is a

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righteye flounder Pleuronectidae, also known as righteye flounders, are a family of flounders. They are called "righteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their left sides, with both eyes on their right sides. The Paralichthyidae are the op ...

s native to the north

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where both species are important commercially.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''

Atheresthes evermanni The Kamchatka flounder, ''Atheresthes evermanni'', is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives at depths of between and . Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northern Pacific. It can grow as long as ...

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& Starks, 1904 (Kamchatka flounder) * ''

Atheresthes stomias The arrowtooth flounder (''Atheresthes stomas'') is a fish in the family Pleuronectidae. It can be caught from the Bering Sea to Santa Rosa Island, California. At present, it is the most common fish in the Gulf of Alaska. Data is insufficient fo ...

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, 1880) (Arrowtooth flounder)

References

Pleuronectidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert {{Pleuronectiformes-stub