''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:
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes americanus''
(Walbaum Walbaum is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Johann Julius Walbaum (1724–1799), German physician, naturalist and taxonomist
*Johannes Walbaum (born 1987), German footballer
*Justus Erich Walbaum (1768-1837), German type ...
, 1792) (Winter flounder)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini''
( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Yellow-striped flounder)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes obscurus
''Pseudopleuronectes obscurus'', or dark flounder is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on salt bottoms in the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, from Hokkaido to the Kuril Islands, the Sea of ...
''
( Herzenstein, 1890)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes schrenki
The cresthead flounder (''Pseudopleuronectes schrenki'') is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms in salt water in the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, from the southern parts of the ...
''
( P. J. Schmidt, 1904) (Cresthead flounder)
* ''
Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae
The marbled flounder, ''Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae'', is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on saltwater sand and mud bottoms. Its natural habitat is the temperate coastal waters of the northwestern Paci ...
''
( Günther, 1877) (Marbled flounder)
References
Pleuronectidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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