Pleuronectinae

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Kingdom Animalia Order Pleuronectiformes Mass European plaice: 3.8 kg Rank Subfamily		Phylum Chordata Scientific name Pleuronectinae Higher classification Pleuronectidae
Lower classifications European plaice, Common dab, European flounder, Pleuronichthys, Greenland halibut

Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the Pleuronectidae family, comprising 27 genera and 62 extant species (there are also fossil species, including two Clidoderma). Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas.

Taxonomy

Tribes:

Isopsettini – monotypic: Isopsetta isolepis

Microstomini – 22 species in 8 genera

Pleuronectini – 20 species in 7 genera

Psettichthyini – monotypic: Psettichthys melanostictus

Unplaced genera (18 extant species in 10 genera):

Acanthopsetta

Atheresthes

Cleisthenes

Clidoderma

Eopsetta

Hippoglossoides

Hippoglossus

Lyopsetta

Reinhardtius

Verasper

References

Pleuronectinae Wikipedia

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