Pleuronectes

Pleuronectes
	European plaice (P. platessa)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae
Genus:	Pleuronectes; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Pleuronectes platessa; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Leptosoma Nardo, 1827; Platessa Cuvier, 1816; Spanius Gistel, 1848;

Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

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