#order_Heterosomata__Heterosomata__order_Pleuronectiformes flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
supertype: animal_order the order of animals
member of: superorder_Acanthopterygii
member: flatfish any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
member: family_Pleuronectidae__Pleuronectidae righteye flounders
member: righteye_flounder__righteyed_flounder__righteyedflounder flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head
member: genus_Pleuronectes__Pleuronectes type genus of the Pleuronectidae
member: Pleuronectes_platessa__plaice large European food fish
member: genus_Platichthys__Platichthys a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: European_flatfish__Platichthys_flesus important food fish of Europe
member: genus_Limanda__Limanda a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: Limanda_ferruginea__yellowtail_flounder American flounder having a yellowish tail
member: genus_Pseudopleuronectes__Pseudopleuronectes a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: genus_Microstomus__Microstomus a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: Microstomus_kitt__lemon_sole__lemonsole European flatfish highly valued as food
member: genus_Hippoglossoides__Hippoglossoides a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: genus_Hippoglossus__Hippoglossus halibuts
member: family_Bothidae__Bothidae a family of fish of the order Heterosomata
member: lefteye_flounder__lefteyeflounder__lefteyed_flounder flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
member: genus_Paralichthys__Paralichthys a genus of Bothidae
member: southern_flounder__Paralichthys_lethostigmus flounder of southern United States
member: summer_flounder__Paralichthys_dentatus flounder of eastern coast of North America
member: genus_Etropus__Etropus a genus of Bothidae
member: gray_flounder__Etropus_rimosus flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
member: genus_Citharichthys__Citharichthys a genus of Bothidae
member: whiff.lefteye_flounder a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
member: sand_dab small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
member: genus_Scophthalmus__Scophthalmus a genus of Bothidae
member: Scophthalmus_aquosus__windowpane very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
member: genus_Psetta__Psetta a genus of Bothidae
member: Psetta_maxima__turbot a large brownish European flatfish
member: family_Cynoglossidae__Cynoglossidae tonguefishes
member: tonguefish left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
member: family_Soleidae__Soleidae soles
member: sole.flatfish right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
member: genus_Solea__Solea type genus of the Soleidae
member: European_sole__Solea_solea highly valued as food
member: Solea_lascaris__lemon_sole__lemonsole small European sole
member: genus_Parophrys__Parophrys a genus of Soleidae
member: Parophrys_vitulus__English_sole__lemon_sole__lemonsole popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
member: genus_Psettichthys__Psettichthys a genus of Soleidae
member: sand_sole__Psettichthys_melanostichus common flatfish of North American Pacific coast
member: genus_Trinectes__Trinectes a genus of Soleidae
member: hogchoker__Trinectes_maculatus useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama
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