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Taxon: Suborder Pleuronectoidei (fish)
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Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
     Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
           Cohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
             Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
               Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973 see Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                     Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                         Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                           Euacanthopterygii
                             Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010 see Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                               Order Pleuronectiformes Bleeker, 1859 - flatfishes see Suborder Pleuronectoidei
                                 Suborder Pleuronectoidei
                                   01 Family Citharidae de Buen, 1935 - largescale flounders
                                   02 Family Bothidae Smitt, 1892 - lefteye flounders
                                   03 Family Achiropsettidae Heemstra, 1990 - southern flounders
                                   04 Family Scophthalmidae Chabanaud, 1933 - turbots
                                   05 Family Paralichthyidae Regan, 1910 - sand flounders
                                   06 Family Pleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815 - righteye flounders
                                   07 Family Samaridae Jordan & Goss, 1889 - crested flounders
                                   08 Family Achiridae Rafinesque, 1815 - American soles
                                   09 Family Soleidae Bonaparte, 1833 - soles
                                   10 Family Cynoglossidae Jordan, 1888 - tonguefishes

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