There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: •
Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 (C-O sole) •
Pleuronichthys cornutus (
Temminck &
Schlegel, 1846) (Ridge-eyed flounder) •
Pleuronichthys decurrens D. S. Jordan &
C. H. Gilbert, 1881 (Curlfin sole) •
Pleuronichthys guttulatus (
Girard, 1856) (Diamond turbot) •
Pleuronichthys japonicus S. Suzuki,
Kawashima &
Nakabo, 2009 •
Pleuronichthys macrocephalus (
Breder, 1936) •
Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks &
W. F. Thompson, 1910 (Ocellated turbot) •
Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks &
E. L. Morris, 1907 (Spotted turbot) •
Pleuronichthys verticalis D. S. Jordan &
C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Horny-head turbot) One fossil species, †
Pleuronichthys veliger (
Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) is known from the
Late Miocene of California, US. Fossils attributed to indeterminate species of this genus present at the mid-Miocene
Duho Formation of South Korea. ==References==