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Pleuronectidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Analyse Nature</i>: 83

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Pleuronectiformes
family
Pleuronectidae

Name

Homonyms
Pleuronectidae
Common names
Dabs in English
Halibuts in English
Lepényhalfélék in Hungarian
Plekstu dzimta in Latvian
Plekšninės in Lithuanian
Rechtsaugen-Flundern in German
Right-eye flounders in English
Righteye Flounders in English
Righteyed Flounders in English
Rødspættefamilien in Danish
Rødspættefamilien in Danish
Rødspætter in Danish
Schollen in German
bokoplavutarice in Slovenian
dabs in English
dabs in English
flundrefiskar in Swedish
flundrefiskar (=spättor) in Swedish
flyndrefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
flądrowate in Polish
halibuts in English
halibuts in English
oikeasilmäkampelat in Finnish
oikeasilmäkampelat in Finnish
platijas in Spanish
platijas in Spanish
platvissen in Dutch
platýsovití in Czech
plies in French
plies in French
righteye flounders in English
righteye flounders in English
righteye flounders in English
righteyed flounders in English
righteyed flounders in English
schollen in Dutch
Камбаловые in Russian
Камбалові in Ukrainian
Писии in Bulgarian
カレイ科 in Japanese
カワラガレイ科 in Japanese
鰈科 in Chinese
가자미과 in Korean
flundrefiskar in Swedish
flyndrefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
flyndrefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
カレイ科 in Japanese
Right-eye Flounders in English
Right-eye flounders in English
flundrefiskar (=spättor) in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Cooper, J. Andrew, and François Chapleau, 1998: Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fishery Bulletin, vol. 96, no. 4. 686-726.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Evseenko, Sergei A., 2004: Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816, righteye flounders. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 37. 1-37.
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 33 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic name Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 (class Actinopterygii) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 68).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C.22), 329-340 (1956)
  10. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Righteye Flounders: Family Pleuronectidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 560-587.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. 243.
  13. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  15. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  16. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  17. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  18. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  19. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  20. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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