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Pleuronectiformes 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172702

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): flatfishes [English]
  
    flounders [English]
  
    soles [English]
  
    limandes [French]
  
    plies [French]
  
    poissons plats [French]
  
       
  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 ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPleuronectiformes  – flatfishes, flounders, soles, limandes, plies, poissons plats  
    Direct Children:  
                               Suborder Pleuronectoidei   
                               Suborder Psettodoidei  – psettodids 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Thomas A. Munroe  
  Notes: Systematic Zoologist, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Pleuronectiformes    
       
  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: Pleuronectiformes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: limandes[French], plies [French], poissons plats [French]   
       
  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: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Betancur-R., Ricardo, and Guillermo Ortí  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular evidence for the monophyly of flatfishes (Carangimorpharia: Pleuronectiformes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 73   
  Page(s): 18-22   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.006   
  Reference for: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Betancur-R., Ricardo, Chenhong Li, Thomas A. Munroe, Jesus A. Ballesteros, and Guillermo Ortí  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Addressing gene-tree discordance and non-stationarity to resolve a multi-locus phylogeny of the flatfishes (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Biology, vol. 62, no. 5   
  Page(s): 763-785   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1063-5157   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syt039   
  Reference for: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Campbell, Matthew A., J. Andrés López, Takashi P. Satoh, Wei-Jen Chen, and Masaki Miya  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Mitochondrial genomic investigation of flatfish monophyly   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Gene, vol. 551, no. 2   
  Page(s): 176-182   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0378-1119   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.08.053   
  Reference for: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Munroe, Thomas A.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematic Diversity of the Pleuronectiformes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation, 2nd edition   
  Page(s): 13-51   
  Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.   
  Publication Place: Chichester, United Kingdom   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-118-501191   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1002/9781118501153.ch2   
  Reference for: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  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: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  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: Pleuronectiformes   
       
  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: Pleuronectiformes   
       

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