A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Pleuronectidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ammotretis brevipinnis Norman, 1926 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ammotretis elongatus McCulloch, 1914 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ammotretis lituratus (Richardson, 1844) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ammotretis macrolepis McCulloch, 1914 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ammotretis rostratus Günther, 1862 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kamchatka flounderAtheresthes evermanni Jordan & Starks, 1904 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| arrow-tooth flounderAtheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cleisthenes pinetorum Jordan & Starks, 1904 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roughskin soleClidoderma asperrimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Colistium guentheri (Hutton, 1873) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dexistes rikuzenius Jordan & Starks, 1904 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| petrale soleEopsetta jordani (Lockington, 1879) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fletGlyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glyptocephalus kitaharae (Jordan & Starks, 1904) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Korean flounderGlyptocephalus stelleri (Schmidt, 1904) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rex soleGlyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flathead flounderHippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| American plaiceHippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bering flounderHippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific halibutHippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypsopsetta macrocephala Breder, 1936 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dusky soleLepidopsetta mochigarei Snyder, 1911 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern rock soleLepidopsetta polyxystra Orr & Matarese, 2000 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| common dabLimanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sakhalin soleLimanda sakhalinensis Hubbs, 1915 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arctic flounderLiopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Far Eastern smooth flounderLiopsetta pinnifasciata (Kner, 1870) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth flounderLiopsetta putnami (Gill, 1864) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender soleLyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| comb flounderMarleyella bicolorata (von Bonde, 1922) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marleyella maldivensis Norman, 1939 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slime flounderMicrostomus achne (Jordan & Starks, 1904) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microstomus bathybius (Gilbert, 1890) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lemon soleMicrostomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dover soleMicrostomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shuntov's smear dabMicrostomus shuntovi Borets, 1983 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myzopsetta ferruginea (Storer, 1839) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myzopsetta proboscidea (Gilbert, 1896) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nematops grandisquama Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nematops macrochirus Norman, 1931 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nematops microstoma Günther, 1880 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nematops nanosquama Amaoka, Kawai & Séret, 2006 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| English soleParophrys vetulus Girard, 1854 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peltorhamphus flexuodorsalis Schwarzhans, 1999 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Peltorhamphus fordycei (Schwarzhans, 1980) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Peltorhamphus kryptostomus Munroe, 2021 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae Günther, 1862 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peltorhamphus tenuis James, 1972 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.