Pleuronectidae
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes platessa, the European plaice, is a common European flatfish widely eaten as food.
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limanda limanda, the common dab, is a right-eyed flatfish found in coastal northeastern Atlantic bottom waters.
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792)
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792)
Pseudopleuronectes americanus, the winter flounder, is a right-eyed flatfish native to the western North Atlantic coast.
Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787)
Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787)
Platichthys stellatus, the starry flounder, is a North Pacific flatfish with distinct coloration that lives on shallow coastal sediment bottoms.
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platichthys flesus, the European flounder, is a flatfish native to northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters that can enter rivers.
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)
Hippoglossoides platessoides is a North Atlantic flatfish with differing conservation status across its range.
Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres, 1855)
Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres, 1855)
Lepidopsetta bilineata, the rock sole, is a right-eyed flounder found in the northern Pacific from the Bering Sea to California.
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854
Parophrys vetulus (English sole) is a right-eyed flatfish with distinct physical and color characteristics described here.
Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854
Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854
Pleuronichthys coenosus, the C-O sole, is a right-eyed flatfish with markings on its caudal fin that look like C and O.
Hypsopsetta guttulata (Girard, 1856)
Hypsopsetta guttulata (Girard, 1856)
The diamond turbot is a subtropical eastern Pacific flatfish that grows up to 46 cm long and lives up to 9 years.
Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904
Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904
Hippoglossus stenolepis, the Pacific halibut, is a large flatfish native to the continental shelf of the North Pacific and Bering Sea.
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippoglossus hippoglossus, the Atlantic halibut, is a large right-eyed flounder native to the North Atlantic Ocean.
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Lyopsetta exilis, the slender sole, is an eastern Pacific demersal flatfish that grows up to 35 cm long.
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792)
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792)
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Greenland halibut) is a cold-water Northern Hemisphere flatfish with distinctive central eye placement.
Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879)
Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879)
Pacific Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) is a edible Pacific flounder ranging from Baja California to the Bering Sea.
Rhombosolea plebeia (Richardson, 1843)
Rhombosolea plebeia (Richardson, 1843)
Rhombosolea plebeia, the New Zealand sand flounder, is an endemic flatfish found around New Zealand's coasts.
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