Species that contain: Pleuronichthys and cornutus [ 3 ] records

cornuta, Platessa Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:179, Pl. 92 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 1336 (stuffed) [? = D1336]. Paralectotypes: (8) RMNH D1334-1335 (2, stuffed), 3496 (3), 3501 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:146 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Fitch 1963:18 [ref. 21219], Sakamoto 1984:209 [ref. 5273], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:352 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:621, 740 [ref. 8056], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:153 [ref. 21500], Kim & Youn 1994:121 [ref. 22286], Li & Wang 1995:238 [ref. 16193], Chen et al. 1997:176 [ref. 26476] dated 1844, Cheng & Zhou 1997:453 [ref. 26385], Kim 1997:494 [ref. 24032], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:711 [ref. 26711], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1372 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:44 [ref. 25799], Shinohara et al. 2001:335 [ref. 25995], Wang et al. 2001:310 [ref. 26566], Kim & Park 2002:413 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1372 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:432, 686 [ref. 26218], Evseenko 2003:S68 [ref. 28535], Evseenko 2004:12 [ref. 27606], Ho et al. 2009:10 [ref. 31461], Suzuki et al. 2009:284 [ref. 30301], Yokogawa & Watanabe 2011:24 [ref. 31146], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:98 [ref. 32413], Parin et al. 2014:544 [ref. 33547], Yokogawa et al. 2014:385 [ref. 35476], Yokogawa et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34955], Vinnikov et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35844], Kim et al. 2020:191 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:121 [ref. 37637], Redin & Kartavtsev 2022:19 [ref. 39989], Tashiro 2022:85 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Pleuronectidae: Pleuronichthyinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Pleuronichthys Suzuki [S.], Kawashima [T.] & Nakabo [T.] 2009:277, Figs. 1a-c, e, f, 2a-e [Ichthyological Research v. 56 (no. 3); ref. 30301] Off Hamada, ca. 35°22'N, 132°15'E, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 90216. Paratypes: (29) at FAKU (27), HUMZ (2). Plus many non-type specimens. •Valid as Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo 2009 -- (Yokogawa & Watanabe 2011:24 [ref. 31146], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:99 [ref. 32413], Kim et al. 2020:191 [ref. 39118], Redin & Kartavtsev 2022:19 [ref. 39989]). •Synonym of Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Yokogawa et al. 2014:385 [ref. 35476], Yokogawa et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34955]). Current status: Synonym of Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Pleuronectidae: Pleuronichthyinae. Habitat: marine.

lighti, Pleuronichthys Wu [H.-W.] 1929:66, Fig. 54 [Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. (Zoological Series) v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 17843] Island of Amoy or vicinity. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Wu credits to Herre, but we are unable to locate a species lighti in this family described by Herre. •Synonym of Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Li & Wang 1995:239 [ref. 16193], Evseenko 2003:S68 [ref. 28535], Evseenko 2004:13 [ref. 27606], Suzuki et al. 2009:285 [ref. 30301]). •Valid as Pleuronichthys lighti Wu 1929 -- (Yokogawa et al. 2014:390 [ref. 35476], Yokogawa et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34955], Vinnikov et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35844], Sonoyama et al. 2020:121 [ref. 37637], Tashiro 2022:85 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Pleuronichthys lighti Wu 1929. Pleuronectidae: Pleuronichthyinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.