Suborder Pleuronectoidei (flatfish)
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes
Parent taxon: Pleuronectiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Baciu and Chanet 2002 and Frizzell and Dante 1965
Sister taxa: Achiurus, Amphistiidae, Chibapsetta, Clidoderma, Eobothus, Eobuglossus, Eopsetta, Heteronectes, Imhoffius, Isopsetta, Joleaudichthys, Limanda, Monochirus, Paralichthodidae, Pegusa, Pleuronectoidea, Psettodoidei, Turahbuglossus
Subtaxa: Achiridae Achiropsettidae Bothidae Citharidae Cynoglossidae Paralichthyidae Pleuronectidae Poecilopsettidae Rhombosoleidae Samaridae Scophthalmidae Soleidae Soleoidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore