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
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore