CaRMS taxon details
Pleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Atheresthes Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
- Genus Clidoderma Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Embassichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Genus Eopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885
- Genus Glyptocephalus Gottsche, 1835
- Genus Hippoglossoides Gottsche, 1835
- Genus Hippoglossus Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Isopsetta Lockington, 1883
- Genus Lepidopsetta Gill, 1862
- Genus Limanda Gottsche, 1835
- Genus Liopsetta Gill, 1864
- Genus Lyopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885
- Genus Microstomus Gottsche, 1835
- Genus Myzopsetta Gill, 1861
- Genus Parophrys Girard, 1854
- Genus Platichthys Girard, 1854
- Genus Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Pleuronichthys Girard, 1854
- Genus Psettichthys Girard, 1854
- Genus Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Reinhardtius Gill, 1861
- Genus Errex Jordan, 1919 accepted as Glyptocephalus Gottsche, 1835
- Tribe Pleuronectini Li, 1981 accepted as Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815 (not monophyletic)
- Subfamily Poecilopsettinae Norman, 1934
- Genus Inopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885 accepted as Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin. Fins...
Description Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin. Fins without spines. Dorsal fin extends on head. Swimbladder absent in adults. Eggs without oil globule in yolk. Benthic, from a few to more than 1,000 m. Almost all species important to fisheries. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Pleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125579 on 2025-05-01
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Pleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125579 on 2025-05-01
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin. Fins without spines. Dorsal fin extends on head. Swimbladder absent in adults. Eggs without oil globule in yolk. Benthic, from a few to more than 1,000 m. Almost all species important to fisheries. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | platvissen | [details] |
| English | righteye flounders | [details] |
| Japanese | カレイ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | flyndrefamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | flyndrefamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | flundrefiskar (=spättor) | [details] |
