Pseudopleuronectes

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.

Pseudopleuronectes
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae
Genus:	Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814
Synonyms
Gareus Hubbs, 1915 Limandella Jordan & Starks, 1906

Species

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

• 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)