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Order Pleuronectiformes

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Order Pleuronectiformes (3 suborders, 7 families, 600 species)

• Suborder Psettodoidei(1 family, 2 species)
  • Family Psettodoidae (2 species)
    Primative Flatfish
• Suborder Pleuronectoidei (4 families, 82 genera)
  • Family Citharidae (5 genera)
  • Family Scophthalmidae (4 genera, 10 species)
  • Family Bothidae (30 genera, 200 species)
    • Genus Paralichthys
      • Paralichthys dentatus
        Summer Flounder
    • Genus Bothus
      • Bothus lunatus
        Peacock Flounder
    • Genus Scophthalmus
      • Scophthalmus rhombus
      • Scophthalmus maximus
        Turbot
      • Scophthalmus maeoticus
        Black Sea Turbot
  • Family Pleuronectidae (43 genera, 100 species)
    Flounder
    • Genus Platichthys
      • Platichthys flesus
        European Flounder
      • Platichthys stellatus
        Starry Flounder
    • Genus Pseudopleuronectes
      • Pseudopleuronectes americanus
        Winter Flounder
    • Genus Hippoglossus
      • Hippoglossus hippoglossus
        Atlantic Halibut
    • Genus Limanda
      • Limanda limanda
        Dab
      • Limanda ferruginea
        Yellowtail Flounder or Rusty Dab
      • Limanda aspera
        Yellowfin Sole or Alaska Dab
      • Limanda probosidea
        Longhead Dab
    • Genus Pleuronectes
      • Pleuronectes platessa
        Plaice
    • Genus Hippoglossoides
      • Hippoglossoides platessoides
        American Plaice
• Suborder Soleoidei (2 families, 30+ genera, 100+ species)
  • Family Soleidae (100+ species)
    Sole
    • Genus Solea
      • Solea solea
        Dover Sole
    • Genus Trinectis
      • Trinectis maculatus
        Hogchoker
  • Family Cynoglossidae
    Tongue Sole

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