Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish)
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes
Parent taxon: Carangimorphariae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, 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, Menidae, Polynemidae, Toxotidae
Subtaxa: Achiurus Amphistiidae Chibapsetta Clidoderma Eobothus Eobuglossus Eopsetta Heteronectes Imhoffius Isopsetta Joleaudichthys Limanda Monochirus Paralichthodidae Pegusa Pleuronectoidea Pleuronectoidei Psettodoidei Turahbuglossus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore