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Paralichthyidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 553179

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): flétans de sable [French]
 
    lenguados areneros [Spanish]
 
    sand flounders [English]
 
    lefteye flounders [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPleuronectiformes  – flatfishes, flounders, soles, limandes, plies, poissons plats  
                               SuborderPleuronectoidei   
                                  FamilyParalichthyidae  – flétans de sable, lenguados areneros, sand flounders, lefteye flounders  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Ancylopsetta Gill, 1864 – ocellated flounders 
                                     Genus Cephalopsetta Dutt & Rao, 1965  
                                     Genus Citharichthys Bleeker, 1862 – sanddabs, whiffs 
                                     Genus Cyclopsetta Gill, 1889  
                                     Genus Etropus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882  
                                     Genus Gastropse