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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae Righteye flounders
Subfamily: Rhombosoleinae
Genus: Rhombosolea

(See list of species below)


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4 species (see list below)

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Photo by SeaFIC

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 32 cm TL
Rhombosolea leporina Günther, 1862

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Rhombosolea leporina
[Yellowbelly flounder]

Photo by SeaFIC

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 43 cm TL
Rhombosolea plebeia (Richardson, 1843)

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Rhombosolea plebeia
[Sand flounder]

Photo by McDowall, R.M.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Rhombosolea retiaria Hutton, 1874

Photo by McDowall, R.M.
 
Rhombosolea retiaria
[Black flounder]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Rhombosolea tapirina Günther, 1862

Photo by CSIRO
 
Rhombosolea tapirina
[Greenback flounder]
4 Species of Family Pleuronectidae with Genus Rhombosolea
(Righteye flounders)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1862 Rhombosolea leporina Yellowbelly flounder Southwest Pacific 32 TL
1843 Rhombosolea plebeia Sand flounder Southwest Pacific 43 TL
1874 Rhombosolea retiaria Black flounder Southwest Pacific 25 TL
1862 Rhombosolea tapirina Greenback flounder Eastern Indian Ocean and 45 TL



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