Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Carangiformes - (Family) Pleuronectidae

Original position

Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Pleuronectinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Original entries

Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes cynoglossus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes limanda Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes lineatus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes linguatula Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes ocellatus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes passer Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes rhombus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes solea Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes trichodactylus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Pleuronectinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2492; ECoF(8 Jul 2025).

Alternative positions

Pleuronectidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 374.
Pleuronectini (Tribe)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 447.
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 455.

Historical positions

Pleuronectini (Tribe)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 447.
Pleuronectidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 374.
Anacanthini (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451. [rough position]
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 423, 455.
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 242, 268. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[16s]