Pleuronichthys is a genus of righteye flounders, sometimes considered a monospecific subfamily (Pleuronichthyinae), in the family Pleuronectidae found in the Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 (C-O sole) Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Ridge-eyed flounder) Pleuronichthys decurrens D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881 (Curlfin sole) Pleuronichthys guttulatus (Girard, 1856) (Diamond turbot) Pleuronichthys japonicus S. Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009 Pleuronichthys macrocephalus (Breder, 1936) Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & W. F. Thompson, 1910 (Ocellated turbot) Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & E. L. Morris, 1907 (Spotted turbot) Pleuronichthys verticalis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Horny-head turbot) One fossil species, †Pleuronichthys veliger (Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) is known from the Late Miocene of California, US. Fossils attributed to indeterminate species of this genus present at the mid-Miocene Duho Formation of South Korea.
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