{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Miocene|present}} | image = Pleuronectes platessa.jpg | image_caption = European plaice ''(P. platessa)'' | taxon = Pleuronectes | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | type_species = ''Pleuronectes platessa'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | synonyms = *''Leptosoma'' <small>Nardo, 1827</small> *''Platessa'' <small>Cuvier, 1816</small> *''Spanius'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small> }}
'''''Pleuronectes''''' is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans.
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Pleuronectes| month = April | year = 2024}}</ref> * ''Pleuronectes platessa'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (European plaice) * ''Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus'' <small>Pallas, 1814</small> (Alaska plaice) The following fossil species are also known:
* †''Pleuronectes sonei'' <small>(Shikama, 1964)</small> (Miocene of Japan)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sakamoto |first1=Kazuo |last2=Uyeno |first2=Teruya |date=2002 |title=Revision of a Miocene Flatfish ''Pleuronectes sonei'' (Shikama, 1964) of the Family Pleuronectidae, from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |url=https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/28/BNSM_C2805.pdf |journal=Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. C |volume=28 |issue= |pages=37–41}}</ref>
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