Platichthys

Platichthys is a genus of flatfish native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Despite being in the family Pleuronectidae (popularly known as righteye flounders), all four species in the genus Platichthys are often "lefteyed", i.e. they lie on the sea bottom on their right side, with both eyes on the left side.^[1][2]

Platichthys Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
European flounder (P. flesus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae
Genus:	Platichthys Girard, 1854
Type species
Platichthys rugosus Girard, 1854
Synonyms
Flesus Moreau, 1881 Kareius Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Pseudoplatichthys Hikita, 1934

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:^[3][4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855)	Stone flounder	Northwest Pacific from the East China Sea and the coastal waters of southern Japan
	Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)	European flounder	European coastal waters from the White Sea in the north to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in the south
	Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1788)	Starry flounder	North Pacific from the Yellow Sea along the Korean peninsula, Russian Far East, and the Japanese archipelago to the Arctic, extending south through the Bering Sea to California
	Platichthys solemdali Momigliano, Denys, Jokinen and Merilä, 2018	Baltic flounder	the Baltic Sea

A single fossil species is known in †Platichthys miostellatus Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1989 from the Middle Miocene of Japan.^[5]