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Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes

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

See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Fierstine et al. 2012, Friedman 2008, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carangiformes, Centropomidae, Istiophoriformes, Lactariidae, Menidae, Polynemidae, Pygaeidae, Sphyraenidae, Toxotidae

Subtaxa: Achiurus Amphistiidae Chibapsetta Clidoderma Eobothus Eopsetta Heteronectes Imhoffius Isopsetta Limanda Monochirus Pegusa Pleuronectoidea Pleuronectoidei Psettodoidei Soleoidei Turahbuglossus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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