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Pleuronectes
Genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.
Quick Facts Pleuronectes, Scientific classification ...
Pleuronectes | |
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European plaice (P. platessa) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Pleuronectes platessa | |
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