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Pleuronectes Americanus
Flatfish Flat"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectid[ae]; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
Pleuronectes flesus
Flounder Floun"der, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of many species. Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus). 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
Pleuronectes limanda
Dab Dab, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zo["o]l.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Pleuronectes maculatus
Water flounder Wa"ter floun"der (Zo["o]l.) The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]
Pleuronectes maculatus
Windowpane Win"dow*pane`, n. 1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3) b . [In this sense, written also window pane.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
Pleuronectes platessa
Plaice Plaice, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Pleuronectes stellatus
Flounder Floun"der, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of many species. Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus). 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

Meaning of Pleuronectes from wikipedia

- Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans. There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Pleuronectes platessa...
- European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family Pleuronectidae...
- Synonyms Pleuronectes maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Achirus fasciatus Lacepède, 1802 Trinectes fasciatus (Lacepède, 1802) Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill...
- first recorded in the late 16th century. The common dab was first named Pleuronectes limanda by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae...
- Pseudopleuronectes americ**** (Walbaum, 1792) Synonyms Pleuronectes americ**** Walbaum, 1792 Pleuronectes pl**** Mitchill, 1814 Platessa pusilla De Kay, 1842...
- similarity between it and Limanda limanda (then considered to be in the genus Pleuronectes). He gave the species the common name of "rusty dab". Later, both P....
- Amusium pleuronectes is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae. The species is found in Southeastern Asia and Australia. They are edible...
- Pleuronectes platessa – European plaice Pleuronectes flesus & Pleuronectes p****er – European flounder Pleuronectes limanda – Common dab Pleuronectes solea...
- (7 in). The European flounder sometimes hybridises with European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and, particularly in the western Baltic Sea, the hybrid is...
- Species Fact Sheets: Pleuronectes platessa, Retrieved 23 November 2009. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Pleuronectes platessa" in FishBase...