Pleuronectinae
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| Pleuronectinae | |
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| File:Pleuronectes platessa .jpg | |
| Pleuronectes platessa | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type genus | |
| Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the family Pleuronectidae, comprising 14 genera and 33 species. Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Pleuronectinae:[2][3]
- Acanthopsetta
- Cleisthenes
- Dexistes
- Hippoglossoides
- Isopsetta
- Lepidopsetta
- Limanda
- Liopsetta
- Myzopsetta
- Parophrys
- Platichthys
- Pleuronectes
- Psettichthys
- Pseudopleuronectes
References
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