Pleuronectidae

Righteye flounders

62 species

1. 1Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi Schmidt, 1904 · Scale-eye plaiceocean · temperate
2. 2Atheresthes evermanni Jordan & Starks, 1904 · Kamchatka flounderocean · temperate
3. 3Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) · Arrow-tooth flounderocean · polar
4. 4Cleisthenes pinetorum Jordan & Starks, 1904 · Sôhachiocean · temperate
5. 5Clidoderma asperrimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · Roughscale soleocean · temperate
6. 6Dexistes rikuzenius Jordan & Starks, 1904 · Rikuzen flounderocean · temperate
7. 7Eopsetta grigorjewi (Herzenstein, 1890) · Shotted halibutocean · subtropical
8. 8Eopsetta jordani (Lockington, 1879) · Petrale soleocean · temperate
9. 9Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Witch flounderocean · temperate
10. 10Glyptocephalus kitaharae (Jordan & Starks, 1904) · Willowy flounderocean · temperate
11. 11Glyptocephalus stelleri (Schmidt, 1904) · Blackfin flounderocean · temperate
12. 12Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 · Rex soleocean · temperate
13. 13Hippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904 · Flathead flounderocean · temperate
14. 14Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 · Flathead soleocean · temperate
15. 15Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) · American plaiceocean · temperate
16. 16Hippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897 · Bering flounderocean · temperate
17. 17Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Atlantic halibutocean · temperate · full sheet
18. 18Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904 · Pacific halibutocean · temperate
19. 19Hypsopsetta macrocephala Breder, 1936ocean · tropical
20. 20Isopsetta isolepis (Lockington, 1880) · Butter soleocean · temperate
21. 21Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres, 1855) · Pacific rock soleocean · temperate
22. 22Lepidopsetta mochigarei Snyder, 1911 · Dusky soleocean · temperate
23. 23Lepidopsetta polyxystra Orr & Matarese, 2000 · Northern rock soleocean · temperate
24. 24Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814) · Yellowfin soleocean · temperate
25. 25Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) · Common dabocean · temperate
26. 26Limanda sakhalinensis Hubbs, 1915 · Sakhalin soleocean · polar
27. 27Liopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776) · Arctic flounderfresh · brackish · ocean · polar
28. 28Liopsetta pinnifasciata (Kner, 1870) · Far Eastern smooth flounderfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
29. 29Liopsetta putnami (Gill, 1864) · American smooth flounderbrackish · ocean · temperate
30. 30Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) · Slender soleocean · deep-water
31. 31Microstomus achne (Jordan & Starks, 1904) · Slime flounderocean · temperate
32. 32Microstomus bathybius (Gilbert, 1890) · Deep-sea soleocean · deep-water
33. 33Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) · Lemon soleocean · temperate
34. 34Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879) · Dover soleocean · temperate
35. 35Microstomus shuntovi Borets, 1983ocean · deep-water
36. 36Myzopsetta ferruginea (Storer, 1839) · Yellowtail flounderocean · temperate
37. 37Myzopsetta proboscidea (Gilbert, 1896) · Longhead dabocean · temperate
38. 38Myzopsetta punctatissima (Steindachner, 1879) · Dotted flounderocean · temperate
39. 39Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854 · English soleocean · temperate
40. 40Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) · Stone flounderfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
41. 41Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) · European flounderfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
42. 42Platichthys solemdali Momigliano, Denys, Jokinen & Merilä, 2018 · Baltic flounderbrackish · temperate
43. 43Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787) · Starry flounderfresh · brackish · ocean · polar
44. 44Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 · European plaicebrackish · ocean · temperate · full sheet
45. 45Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814 · Alaska plaiceocean · temperate
46. 46Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 · C-O soleocean · subtropical
47. 47Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · Ridged-eye flounderocean · temperate
48. 48Pleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 · Curlfin soleocean · subtropical
49. 49Pleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856 · Diamond turbotbrackish · ocean · subtropical
50. 50Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929 · Common frog flounderbrackish · ocean · subtropical
51. 51Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & Thompson, 1910 · Ocellated turbotocean · subtropical
52. 52Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907 · Spotted turbotocean · subtropical
53. 53Pleuronichthys verticalis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 · Hornyhead turbotocean · subtropical
54. 54Psettichthys melanostictus Girard, 1854 · Pacific sand soleocean · temperate
55. 55Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) · Winter flounderocean · temperate
56. 56Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) · Yellow striped flounderocean · temperate
57. 57Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)ocean · temperate
58. 58Pseudopleuronectes schrenki (Schmidt, 1904) · Cresthead flounderocean · temperate
59. 59Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) · Marbled flounderocean · temperate
60. 60Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) · Greenland halibutocean · boreal
61. 61Verasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 · Barfin flounderocean · temperate
62. 62Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · Spotted halibutocean · subtropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.