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Pleuronectidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172859

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): halibuts [English]
  
    dabs [English]
  
    righteyed flounders [English]
  
    platijas [Spanish]
  
    plies [French]
  
    righteye flounders [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPleuronectiformes  – flatfishes, flounders, soles, limandes, plies, poissons plats  
                               SuborderPleuronectoidei   
                                  FamilyPleuronectidae  – halibuts, dabs, righteyed flounders, platijas, plies, righteye flounders  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Atheresthes Jordan & Gilbert, 1880  
                                     Subfamily Eopsettinae Cooper & Chapleau, 1998  
                                     Subfamily Hippoglossinae   
                                     Subfamily Hippoglossoidinae   
                                     Subfamily Lyopsettinae   
                                     Subfamily Pleuronectinae   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014, website (version 31-Oct-14)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014   
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cooper, J. Andrew, and François Chapleau  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishery Bulletin, vol. 96, no. 4   
  Page(s): 686-726   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0090-0656   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Evseenko, Sergei A.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816, righteye flounders   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 37   
  Page(s): 1-37   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-150X   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.calacademy.org/scientists/annotated-checklists-of-fishes   
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Righteye Flounders: Family Pleuronectidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 560-587   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-951-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: platijas[Spanish], plies [French], righteye flounders [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34   
  Page(s): 243   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-934874-318   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae, platijas [Spanish], plies [French], righteye flounders [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21   
  Page(s): 243   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-54-7, 0097-0638  
  Notes: 0-913124-54-7 (cloth)   
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pleuronectidae   
       

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