111 Species in Family Paralichthyidae
Nominal species list for Paralichthyidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Ancylopsetta antillarum Gutherz, 1966
Ancylopsetta cycloidea Tyler, 1959 Cyclope flounder
Ancylopsetta dendritica Gilbert, 1890 Three-spot flounder
Ancylopsetta dilecta (Goode & Bean, 1883) Three-eye flounder
Ancylopsetta kumperae Tyler, 1959 Foureyed flounder
Ancylopsetta microctenus Gutherz, 1966
Ancylopsetta ommata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) Gulf of Mexico ocellated flounder
Cephalopsetta ventrocellatus Dutt & Rao, 1965
Citharichthys abbotti Dawson, 1969 Veracruz whiff
Citharichthys amblybregmatus Gutherz & Blackman, 1970
Citharichthys arctifrons Goode, 1880 Gulf Stream flounder
Citharichthys arenaceus Evermann & Marsh, 1900 Sand whiff
Citharichthys cornutus (Günther, 1880) Horned whiff
Citharichthys darwini Victor & Wellington, 2013 Darwin's sanddab
Citharichthys dinoceros Goode & Bean, 1886 Spined whiff
Citharichthys fragilis Gilbert, 1890 Gulf sanddab
Citharichthys gilberti Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 Bigmouth sanddab
Citharichthys gnathus Hoshino & Amaoka, 1999
Citharichthys gordae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 Mimic sandab
Citharichthys gymnorhinus Gutherz & Blackman, 1970 Anglefin whiff
Citharichthys macrops Dresel, 1885 Spotted whiff
Citharichthys mariajorisae van der Heiden & Mussot-Pérez, 1995 Five-rayed sanddab
Citharichthys minutus Cervigón, 1982
Citharichthys platophrys Gilbert, 1891 Small sandab
Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854) Pacific sanddab
Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862 Bay whiff
Citharichthys stampflii (Steindachner, 1894) Smooth flounder
Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Speckled sanddab
Citharichthys surinamensis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Citharichthys uhleri Jordan, 1889 Voodoo whiff
Citharichthys valdezi Cervigón, 1986
Citharichthys xanthostigma Gilbert, 1890 Longfin sanddab
Cyclopsetta chittendeni Bean, 1895 Mexican flounder
Cyclopsetta fimbriata (Goode & Bean, 1885) Spotfin flounder
Cyclopsetta panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) God's flounder
Cyclopsetta querna (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) Toothed flounder
Etropus ciadi van der Heiden & Plascencia González, 2005
Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Fringed flounder
Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & Stewart, 1986 Shelf flounder
Etropus delsmani delsmani Chabanaud, 1940
Etropus delsmani pacificus Nielsen, 1963 Delsman's flounder
Etropus ectenes Jordan, 1889 Sole flounder
Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933
Etropus microstomus (Gill, 1864) Smallmouth flounder
Etropus peruvianus Hildebrand, 1946 Peruvian flounder
Etropus rimosus Goode & Bean, 1885 Gray flounder
Gastropsetta frontalis Bean, 1895 Shrimp flounder
Hippoglossina bollmani Gilbert, 1890
Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner, 1876 Bigeye flounder
Hippoglossina montemaris de Buen, 1961
Hippoglossina mystacium Ginsburg, 1936
Hippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill, 1815) American fourspot flounder
Hippoglossina stomata Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 Bigmouth flounder
Hippoglossina tetrophthalma (Gilbert, 1890) Fourspot flounder
Paralichthys adspersus (Steindachner, 1867) Fine flounder
Paralichthys aestuarius Gilbert & Scofield, 1898 Cortez flounder
Paralichthys albigutta Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Gulf flounder
Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani, 1842) Brazilian flounder
Paralichthys californicus (Ayres, 1859) California flounder
Paralichthys delfini Pequeño & Plaza, 1987
Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) Summer flounder
Paralichthys fernandezianus Steindachner, 1903
Paralichthys isosceles Jordan, 1891
Paralichthys lethostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 Southern flounder
Paralichthys microps (Günther, 1881)
Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Bastard halibut
Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Paralichthys patagonicus Jordan, 1889 Patagonian flounder
Paralichthys squamilentus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Broad flounder
Paralichthys triocellatus Miranda Ribeiro, 1903
Paralichthys tropicus Ginsburg, 1933 Tropical flounder
Paralichthys woolmani Jordan & Williams, 1897 Speckled flounder
Pseudorhombus annulatus Norman, 1927 Ringed flounder
Pseudorhombus argus Weber, 1913 Peacock flounder
Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822) Largetooth flounder
Pseudorhombus binii Tortonese, 1955
Pseudorhombus cinnamoneus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Cinnamon flounder
Pseudorhombus ctenosquamis (Oshima, 1927)
Pseudorhombus diplospilus Norman, 1926 Four twin-spot flounder
Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus Regan, 1905 Ocellated flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus Ogilby, 1912 Deep flounder
Pseudorhombus javanicus (Bleeker, 1853) Javan flounder
Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) Smalltooth flounder
Pseudorhombus levisquamis (Oshima, 1927)
Pseudorhombus malayanus Bleeker, 1865 Malayan flounder
Pseudorhombus megalops Fowler, 1934
Pseudorhombus micrognathus Norman, 1927
Pseudorhombus natalensis Gilchrist, 1904 Natal flounders
Pseudorhombus neglectus Bleeker, 1865
Pseudorhombus oculocirris Amaoka, 1969
Pseudorhombus oligodon (Bleeker, 1854) Roughscale flounder
Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Günther, 1862 Fivespot flounder
Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 Five-eyed flounder
Pseudorhombus russellii (Gray, 1834)
Pseudorhombus spinosus McCulloch, 1914 Spiny flounder
Pseudorhombus tenuirastrum (Waite, 1899)
Pseudorhombus triocellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Three spotted flounders
Syacium guineensis (Bleeker, 1862) Papillose flounder
Syacium gunteri Ginsburg, 1933 Shoal flounder
Syacium latifrons (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Beach flounder
Syacium longidorsale Murakami & Amaoka, 1992 Longfin flounder
Syacium maculiferum (Garman, 1899) Clearspot flounder
Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842 Channel flounder
Syacium ovale (Günther, 1864) Oval flounder
Syacium papillosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Dusky flounder
Tarphops elegans Amaoka, 1969
Tarphops oligolepis (Bleeker, 1858)
Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède, 1802)
Thysanopsetta naresi Günther, 1880
Xystreurys liolepis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 Fantail flounder
Xystreurys rasile (Jordan, 1891)
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