pleuronectid

noun

1. Any species of the family Pleuronectidae.

   “2006, Larry G. Allen, Daniel J. Pondella II, Chapter 4: Ecological Classification, Larry G. Allen, Michael H. Horn (editors), The Ecology of Marine Fishes: California and Adjacent Waters, 105, The rockfishes also dominated both the deep northern and southern habitats along with pleuronectids.”

   “Two fish species were found in the diet, with juvenile pleuronectids the most common.”

   “The dynamics of those fishes that supported extensive multi-national fisheries in northern temperate and boreal waters (mainly gadids, clupeoids and pleuronectids) became a research priority (Beverton 1992).”