''Pleuronectes'' is a genus of
righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
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Pleuronectes platessa''
Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
(European plaice)
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Pleuronectes putnami
The American smooth flounder (''Pleuronectes putnami'') is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that inhabits shallow inshore salt and brackish waters at depths of up to . Its native habitat is the temperate waters of th ...
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( T. N. Gill, 1864) (American smooth flounder)
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Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
Alaska plaice (''Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus'') is a saltwater fish that live in the North Pacific Ocean. Alaska plaice are right-eye flounders which live on the sandy bottoms of the continental shelf, up to 600 metres deep. Their geographi ...
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Pallas, 1814 (Alaska plaice)
References
Pleuronectidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Marine fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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