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Family: Pleuronectidae Righteye flounders



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi Scale-eye plaice Northwest Pacific 46 TL 1904
Atheresthes evermanni Kamchatka flounder North Pacific 100 SL 1904
Atheresthes stomias Arrow-tooth flounder North Pacific 84 TL 1880
Cleisthenes pinetorum Sôhachi Northwest Pacific 47 TL 1904
Clidoderma asperrimum Roughscale sole North Pacific 62 TL 1846
Dexistes rikuzenius Rikuzen flounder Northwest Pacific 22 SL 1904
Eopsetta grigorjewi Shotted halibut Northwest Pacific 60 TL 1890
Eopsetta jordani Petrale sole Northeastern Pacific 70 TL 1879
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Witch flounder Western Atlantic 60 SL 1758
Glyptocephalus kitaharae Willowy flounder Northwest Pacific 30 SL 1904
Glyptocephalus stelleri Blackfin flounder North Pacific 52 TL 1904
Glyptocephalus zachirus Rex sole North Pacific 60 TL 1879
Hippoglossoides dubius Flathead flounder Northwest Pacific 45 SL 1904
Hippoglossoides elassodon Flathead sole North Pacific 52 SL 1880
Hippoglossoides platessoides American plaice Western Atlantic 82.6 TL 1780
Hippoglossoides robustus Bering flounder North Pacific 30 SL 1897
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut Northwestern Atlantic 470 TL 1758
Hippoglossus stenolepis Pacific halibut North Pacific 267 TL 1904
Hypsopsetta macrocephala Eastern Pacific 1936
Isopsetta isolepis Butter sole Eastern Pacific 55 TL 1880
Lepidopsetta bilineata Pacific rock sole North Pacific 60 TL 1855
Lepidopsetta mochigarei Dusky sole Northwest Pacific 40 SL 1911
Lepidopsetta polyxystra Northern rock sole North Pacific 69 TL 2000
Limanda aspera Yellowfin sole North Pacific 49 TL 1814
Limanda limanda Common dab Northeast Atlantic 40 SL 1758
Limanda sakhalinensis Sakhalin sole Northwest Pacific. 36 TL 1915
Liopsetta glacialis Arctic flounder Northeast Atlantic and Ar 44 TL 1776
Liopsetta pinnifasciata Far Eastern smooth flounder Northwest Pacific 50 SL 1870
Liopsetta putnami American smooth flounder Northwest Atlantic 33 TL 1864
Lyopsetta exilis Slender sole Eastern Pacific 35 TL 1880
Microstomus achne Slime flounder Northwest Pacific 60 SL 1904
Microstomus bathybius Deep-sea sole North Pacific 47 TL 1890
Microstomus kitt Lemon sole Northeast Atlantic 65 TL 1792
Microstomus pacificus Dover sole Eastern Pacific 76 TL 1879
Microstomus shuntovi North Pacific. Needs bet 1983
Myzopsetta ferruginea Yellowtail flounder Northwest Atlantic 64 TL 1839
Myzopsetta proboscidea Longhead dab North Pacific 40 SL 1896
Myzopsetta punctatissima Dotted flounder Northwest Pacific 40 TL 1879
Parophrys vetulus English sole Inopsetta ischyra 57 TL 1854
Platichthys bicoloratus Stone flounder Northwest Pacific 50 SL 1855
Platichthys flesus European flounder Eastern Atlantic 60 TL 1758
Platichthys solemdali Baltic flounder Northeast Atlantic 26.7 SL 2018
Platichthys stellatus Starry flounder Northern Pacific, from th 91 TL 1787
Pleuronectes platessa European plaice Northern Sea. Reports fr 100 SL 1758
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Alaska plaice North Pacific 87 TL 1814
Pleuronichthys coenosus C-O sole Eastern Pacific 36 TL 1854
Pleuronichthys cornutus Ridged-eye flounder Northwest Pacific 30 SL 1846
Pleuronichthys decurrens Curlfin sole Eastern Pacific 37 TL 1881
Pleuronichthys guttulatus Diamond turbot Eastern Pacific 46 TL 1856
Pleuronichthys lighti Common frog flounder Northwest Pacific 1929
Pleuronichthys ocellatus Ocellated turbot Eastern Central Pacific 24 TL 1910
Pleuronichthys ritteri Spotted turbot Eastern Pacific 30 TL 1907
Pleuronichthys verticalis Hornyhead turbot Eastern Pacific 37 TL 1880
Psettichthys melanostictus Pacific sand sole Eastern and Western Pacif 63 TL 1854
Pseudopleuronectes americanus Winter flounder Western Atlantic 64 TL 1792
Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini Yellow striped flounder Northwest Pacific 50 SL 1901
Pseudopleuronectes obscurus Northwest Pacific 56 TL 1890
Pseudopleuronectes schrenki Cresthead flounder Northwest Pacific 50 SL 1904
Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae Marbled flounder Northwest Pacific 45 SL 1877
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland halibut Circumglobal 130 TL 1792
Verasper moseri Barfin flounder Northwest Pacific 70 SL 1898
Verasper variegatus Spotted halibut Northwest Pacific 60 SL 1846



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