Parophrys Girard [C. F.] 1854:139 Fem. Parophrys vetulus Girard 1854. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758 -- (Sakamoto 1984:95 [ref. 5273], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:113 [ref. 21500], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:821 [ref. 25968]). •Valid as Parophrys Girard 1854 -- (Norman 1934:328 [ref. 6893], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:643 [ref. 13641], Rass 1996:570 [ref. 24656], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:713 [ref. 26711], Evseenko 2004:11 [ref. 27606], Pietsch & Orr 2015:71 [ref. 34694], Vinnikov et al. 2018:160 [ref. 35844]). Current status: Valid as Parophrys Girard 1854. Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae.