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, 2009Pleuronichthys macrocephalus Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & W. F. Thompson, 1910 Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & E. L. Morris, 1907 Pleuronichthys verticalis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880One 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.