Pleuronichthys

Pleuronichthys
Temporal range:
Pleuronichthys japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronichthyinae
Genus: Pleuronichthys
Girard, 1854
Type species
Pleuronichthys coenosus
Girard, 1854
Synonyms
  • Heteroprosopon Bleeker, 1862
  • Hypsopsetta T. N. Gill, 1862
  • Zororhombus Jordan and Gilbert, 1920

Pleuronichthys is a genus of righteye flounders, sometimes considered a monospecific subfamily (Pleuronichthyinae), in the family Pleuronectidae found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[2]

One fossil species, †Pleuronichthys veliger (Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) is known from the Late Miocene of California, US.[4] Fossils attributed to indeterminate species of this genus present at the mid-Miocene Duho Formation of South Korea.[5]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pleuronichthys". FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pleuronichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ Yokogawa, K.; Watanabe, K.-I.; Ogihara, G. (2016). "Redescriptions of two closely related East Asian flatfish species of the genus Pleuronichthys". Zootaxa. 4205 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.1. PMID 27988592.
  4. ^ D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert (1920). "Fossil Fishes of Diatom Beds of Lompoc, California". Leland Stanford Junior University Publications University Series. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.28465.
  5. ^ Ko, J.Y.; Nam, K.S. (2016). "Pleuronichthys sp. Fossils (Pleuronectidae) from the Duho Formation, Pohang Uhyeon-dong in Korea" (PDF). Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society. 37 (3): 133–142. doi:10.5467/JKESS.2016.37.3.133.