| Platichthys | |
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| European flounder (P. flesus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) | Stone flounder | Northwest Pacific from the East China Sea and the coastal waters of southern Japan |
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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 |
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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 |
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Platichthys solemdali Momigliano, Denys, Jokinen and Merilä, 2018 | Baltic flounder | the Baltic Sea |
References
- Eschmeyer W.N.; Herald, E.S.; and Hammann, H. (1983). A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes. Peterson Field Guides. ISBN 978-0618002122
- Muus, B.J; Nielsen, J.G.; Dahlstrøm, P.; Nyström, B.O. (1991). Sea Fish. ISBN 978-8790787004
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Platichthys". FishBase. April 2024 version.
- 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
- 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
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