''Pleuronectes'' is a genus of
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 found in the northern oceans.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Pleuronectes platessa''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758 (European plaice)
* ''
Pleuronectes putnami''
( T. N. Gill, 1864) (American smooth flounder)
* ''
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus''
Pallas
Pallas may refer to:
Astronomy
* 2 Pallas asteroid
** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas
* Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
Mythology
* Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena
* Pa ...
, 1814 (Alaska plaice)
References
Pleuronectidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Marine fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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