Species that contain: Pseudopleuronectes and americanus [ 4 ] records

americanus, Pleuronectes Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Schöpf) 1792:113 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated [Rhode Island, New York, U.S.A.]. No types known. Originally genus misspelled Pleruonectes, changed in emendata. Based on 'Pleuronectes, Flounder auf Rhode Island genannt' in Schöpf 1788:148 [ref. 18700]. •Valid as Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum 1792 -- (Sakamoto 1984:209 [ref. 5273], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:117 [ref. 21500], Murdy et al. 1997:272 [ref. 23144]). •Valid as Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Herrera 1896:70 [ref. 39336], Smith 1986:457 [ref. 22186], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:716 [ref. 26711], Robins, Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:579 [ref. 26158], Evseenko 2004:13 [ref. 27606], Nelson et al. 2004:182 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32708], Voronina & Chanet 2014:45 [ref. 33419], Vinnikov et al. 2018:160 [ref. 35844], Simian et al. 2022:377 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:134 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792). Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: coast of North America. Habitat: marine.

dignabilis, Pseudopleuronectes Kendall [W. C.] 1912:392, Pl. 57 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 30 (Doc. 764) (for 1910); ref. 14848] Georges Bank, New England coast, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 73918. Paratypes: USNM 74258-68 (1 each). •Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Evseenko 2004:14 [ref. 27606]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792). Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae. Habitat: marine.

planus, Pleuronectes Mitchill [S. L.] 1814:8 [Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill; ref. 3030] New York, U.S.A. No types known. Also in Mitchill 1815:387 [ref. 13292]. •Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Smith 1986:457 [ref. 22186]). •Synonym of Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum 1792 -- (Evseenko 2004:13 [ref. 27606]). •Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792). Current status: Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792). Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae. Habitat: marine.

pusilla, Platessa DeKay [J. E.] 1842:296, Pl. 47 (fig. 153) [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] Shallow bays about New York, U.S.A. Syntypes: New York State coll. (whereabouts unknown). •Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Smith 1986:457 [ref. 22186]). •Synonym of Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum 1792 -- (Evseenko 2004:14 [ref. 27606]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum 1792). Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae. Habitat: marine.