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Suborder Pleuronectoidei (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes

Parent taxon: Pleuronectiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Baciu and Chanet 2002, Betancur et al. 2013, Frizzell and Dante 1965 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021

Sister taxa: Achiurus, Amphistiidae, Chibapsetta, Clidoderma, Eobothus, Eopsetta, Heteronectes, Imhoffius, Isopsetta, Limanda, Monochirus, Pegusa, Pleuronectoidea, Psettodoidei, Soleoidei, Turahbuglossus

Subtaxa: Achiridae Achiropsettidae Bothidae Citharidae Cynoglossidae Joleaudichthyidae Paralichthodidae Paralichthyidae Pleuronectidae Poecilopsettidae Rhombosoleidae Samaridae Scophthalmidae Soleidae Soleoidae

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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