Pleuronichthys

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Pleuronichthys
Temporal range: Late Miocene–present
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Pleuronichthys japonicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Pleuronectidae
Subfamily: Pleuronichthyinae
Genus: Pleuronichthys
Girard, 1854
Type species
Pleuronichthys coenosus
Girard, 1854

Pleuronichthys is a genus of fish in the family Pleuronectidae found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

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There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[1]

One fossil species, †Pleuronichthys veliger (Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) is known from the Late Miocene of California, US.[3] Fossils attributed to indeterminate species of this genus present at the mid-Miocene Duho Formation of South Korea.[4]

References

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  2. ^ Yokogawa, K., Watanabe, K.-I. & Ogihara, G. (2016): Redescriptions of two closely related East Asian flatfish species of the genus Pleuronichthys. Zootaxa, 4205 (1): 1-23.
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