Pleuronectinae

Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the family Pleuronectidae, comprising 27 genera and 62 extant species (there are also fossil species, including two Clidoderma). Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas.

Taxonomy

 * Tribes:
 * Isopsettini – monotypic: Isopsetta isolepis
 * Microstomini – 22 species in 8 genera
 * Pleuronectini – 20 species in 7 genera
 * Psettichthyini – monotypic: Psettichthys melanostictus

Unplaced genera (18 extant species in 10 genera):
 * Acanthopsetta
 * Atheresthes
 * Cleisthenes
 * Clidoderma
 * Eopsetta
 * Hippoglossoides
 * Hippoglossus
 * Lyopsetta
 * Reinhardtius
 * Verasper