Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae Righteye flounders
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Platichthys

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4 species (see list below)
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Photo by Suzuki, T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855)

Photo by Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Platichthys bicoloratus
[Stone flounder]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Platichthys flesus
[European flounder]

Photo by Momigliano et al., 2018

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 26.7 cm SL
Platichthys solemdali Momigliano, Denys, Jokinen & Merilä, 2018

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Platichthys solemdali
[Baltic flounder]

Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

Northern Pacific, from th
Max. Length 91 cm TL
Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787)

Photo by Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.
 
Platichthys stellatus
[Starry flounder]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Platichthys bicoloratus Stone flounder Northwest Pacific 50 SL 1855
Platichthys flesus European flounder Eastern Atlantic 60 TL 1758
Platichthys solemdali Baltic flounder Northeast Atlantic 26.7 SL 2018
Platichthys stellatus Starry flounder Northern Pacific, from th 91 TL 1787



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