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Taxon: Order Pleuronectiformes Bleeker, 1859 - flatfishes (fish)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Pleuronectoidei (Suborder) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 611). [inferred]
Type: Pleuronectes (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: N. Bailly et al. (comps.), 2001: 374; 7 Feb 2021. [inferred]

Variants

Current rank: Pleuronectoidei (Suborder) Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025). [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Heterosomata (Order) Cope, 1871 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 611).
Synonymous name: Heterosomata (Order) Cope, 1871 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 395.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: platvissen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: flatfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 395.
: flatfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 442.
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