Pleuronichthys


Pleuronichthys is a genus of righteye flounders, sometimes considered a monospecific subfamily, in the family Pleuronectidae found in the Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
  • Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854
  • Pleuronichthys cornutus
  • Pleuronichthys decurrens D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881
  • Pleuronichthys guttulatus
  • Pleuronichthys japonicus S. Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009
  • Pleuronichthys macrocephalus
  • Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & W. F. Thompson, 1910
  • Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & E. L. Morris, 1907
  • Pleuronichthys verticalis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880
One fossil species, †Pleuronichthys veliger 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.