Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans. There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Pleuronectes platessa...
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European plaice (redirect from Pleuronectes platessa)
European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family Pleuronectidae...
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Common dab (redirect from Pleuronectes limanda)
first recorded in the late 16th century. The common dab was first named Pleuronectes limanda by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae...
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Yellowtail flounder (redirect from Pleuronectes ferrugineus)
similarity between it and Limanda limanda (then considered to be in the genus Pleuronectes). He gave the species the common name of "rusty dab". Later, both P....
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Winter flounder (redirect from Pleuronectes americanus)
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) Synonyms Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792 Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814 Platessa pusilla De Kay, 1842...
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Pleuronectes platessa – European plaice Pleuronectes flesus & Pleuronectes passer – European flounder Pleuronectes limanda – Common dab Pleuronectes solea...
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Hogchoker (redirect from Pleuronectes maculatus)
Synonyms Pleuronectes maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Achirus fasciatus Lacepède, 1802 Trinectes fasciatus (Lacepède, 1802) Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill...
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Achirus lineatus (redirect from Pleuronectes lineatus)
lineatus Binomial name Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Pleuronectes lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 Pleuronectes nigricans Bloch & Schneider, 1801...
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Achirus achirus (redirect from Pleuronectes achirus)
Species: A. achirus Binomial name Achirus achirus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758 Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Monochir...
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(7 in). The European flounder sometimes hybridises with European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and, particularly in the western Baltic Sea, the hybrid is...
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