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Platichthys
Platichthys is a genus of flatfish, known as the starry flounders, native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Despite being in the family Pleuronectidae (popularly known as righteye flounders), both species in the genus Platichthys are often "lefteyed", i.e. they lie on the sea bottom on their right side, with both eyes on the left side.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Starry Flounder
speciesPlatichthys stellatus
European Flounder
speciesPlatichthys flesus
Stone Flounder
speciesPlatichthys bicoloratus
Black Sea Flounder
speciesPlatichthys luscus
Baltic Flounder
speciesPlatichthys solemdali
Platichthys italicus
speciesPlatichthys italicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83171.