Atheresthes

Atheresthes is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern Pacific Ocean where both species are important commercially.

Atheresthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Atheresthinae
Genus:	Atheresthes Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
Type species
Platysomatichthys stomias Jordan & Gilbert, 1880

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Atheresthes evermanni Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Kamchatka flounder)
• Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Arrowtooth flounder)