Pleuronectinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of fishes}}
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| image = Pleuronectes platessa .jpg
| image_caption = Pleuronectes platessa
| taxon = Pleuronectinae
| authority = Cuvier, 1816
| type_genus = Pleuronectes
| type_genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
}}
Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the family Pleuronectidae, comprising 14 genera and 33 species. Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas.{{cite journal | title = Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders | journal = Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes | date = February 2004 | first = Sergei A. | last = Evseenko | volume = 37 | pages = 37pp| url = http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/annotated/checklists/Pleuronectidae.pdf | format = PDF | access-date = 2011-08-02}}
Taxonomy
The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Pleuronectinae:{{Cite web |title=Fish Identification |url=https://www.fishbase.de/identification/SpeciesList.php?class=Teleostei&order=Pleuronectiformes&famcode=440&subfamily=Pleuronectinae&genus=&areacode=&c_code=&depth=&spines=&fins=&TL=&BD=&resultPage=1&sortby=species |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.fishbase.de}}{{Cite web |title=CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - Genera/Species by Family/Subfamily |url=https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/SpeciesByFamily.asp?_gl=1*7m0zkl*_gcl_au*MjA2MzEwMjQ0MC4xNzI0OTAwMzI2LjEzOTQ2NjQxNzcuMTcyNTA2ODk0MS4xNzI1MDY4OTQy*_ga*MTg2MDM0MjQ4Ny4xNzI0OTAwMzI2*_ga_6Y72VP61VZ*MTcyNjI1NDY2OS4zLjAuMTcyNjI1NDY3Mi41Ny4wLjA. |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=researcharchive.calacademy.org}}
References
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Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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