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Pseudopleuronectes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Pseudopleuronectes

Higher classification
  
Pleuronectini

Order
  
Flatfish

Family
  
Pleuronectidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Winter flounder, Flatfish, Pleuronectidae, Paralichthys, Glyptocephalus

marbled flounder pseudopleuronectes yokohamae


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.

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Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

  • Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) (Winter flounder)
  • Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Yellow-striped flounder)
  • Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)
  • Pseudopleuronectes schrenki (P. J. Schmidt, 1904) (Cresthead flounder)
  • Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) (Marbled flounder)

    • References

    Pseudopleuronectes Wikipedia
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