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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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