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Pseudopleuronectes
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Pleuronectinae
Genus:	Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814
Synonyms
Gareus Hubbs, 1915 Limandella Jordan & Starks, 1906

Pseudopleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders mostly native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean with one species (P. americanus) found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) (Winter flounder)
• Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Yellow-striped flounder)
• Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890) (Dark flounder)
• Pseudopleuronectes schrenki (P. J. Schmidt, 1904) (Cresthead flounder)
• Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) (Marbled flounder)