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Platichthys

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Platichthys
European flounder (P. flesus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

Species

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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

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer W.N.; Herald, E.S.; and Hammann, H. (1983). A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes. Peterson Field Guides. ISBN 978-0618002122
  2. ^ Muus, B.J; Nielsen, J.G.; Dahlstrøm, P.; Nyström, B.O. (1991). Sea Fish. ISBN 978-8790787004
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Platichthys". FishBase. April 2024 version.
  4. ^ Merilä, Juha; Jokinen, Henri; Denys, Gaël P. J.; Momigliano, Paolo (2018). "Platichthys solemdali sp. nov. (Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes): A New Flounder Species From the Baltic Sea". Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00225. ISSN 2296-7745.

Further reading

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  • Momigliano, M.; G.P.J. Denys; H. Jokinen; and J. Merilä (2018). Platichthys solemdali sp. nov. (Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes): A New Flounder Species From the Baltic Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 5(225). doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00225