Pleuronectinae

Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the family Pleuronectidae, comprising 14 genera and 33 species. Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas.^[1]

Pleuronectinae
Pleuronectes platessa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae Cuvier, 1816
Type genus
Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Pleuronectinae:^[2][3]

• Acanthopsetta
• Cleisthenes
• Dexistes
• Hippoglossoides
• Isopsetta
• Lepidopsetta
• Limanda
• Liopsetta
• Myzopsetta
• Parophrys
• Platichthys
• Pleuronectes
• Psettichthys
• Pseudopleuronectes