Acanthopsetta Ammotretis Atheresthes Azygopus Clidoderma Colistium Cleisthenes Clidoderma Colisteum Dexistes Embassichthys Eopsetta Errex Glyptocephalus - fluke Hippoglossoides Hippoglossus - halibut Hypsopsetta Isopsetta Lepidopsetta Limanda - mud dabs Liopsetta - eelback flounder Lyopsetta Marleyella Microstomus - smear dab Nematops Oncopterus Paralichthodes Parophrys Pelotretis Peltorhamphus Platichthys - starry flounder Pleuronectes - northern flounder, plaice Pleuronichthys Poecilopsetta Psammodiscus Psettichthys Pseudopleuronectes Reinhardtius Rhombosolea Samaris Samariscus Tanakius Taratretis Verasper Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Families Suborder Psettodoidei Psettodoidae Suborder Pleuronectoidei Citharidae Scophthalmidae Bothidae (lefteye flounders) Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders) Paralichthyidae Achiropsettidae (southern flounders) Samaridae Suborder Soleoidei Soleidae (soles) Achiridae (American soles) Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes) The flatfish are an order (Pleuronectiformes) of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. ... Cleisthenes (also Clisthenes or Kleisthenes) was a noble Athenian who reformed the constitution of ancient Athens and set it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. He was a relative of Cleisthenes of Sicyon, through the latters daughter Agarista and her husband Megacles. ... (A) Fluke is another name for trematodes, a kind of flatworm (for example, the Liver Fluke). ... A big halibut (left) A halibut is a type of flatfish. ... Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) are a species of flatfish, commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea. ...
Righteye flounders (familyPleuronectidae) are a group of flounders. It includes some well-known species, such as the plaice, the halibut or the fluke. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Flounder is also the name of a character from Disneys The Little Mermaid. ... In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ... Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) are a species of flatfish, commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea. ... A big halibut (left) A halibut is a type of flatfish. ... (A) Fluke is another name for trematodes, a kind of flatworm (for example, the Liver Fluke). ...
FLAT-FISH (Pleuronectidae), the name common to all those fishes which swim on their side, as the halibut, turbot, brill, plaice, flounder, sole, andc.
The side which is turned towards the bottom, and in some kinds is the right, in others the left, is generally colourless, and called "blind," from the absence of an eye on this side.