title: Redescriptions of two closely related East Asian flatfish species of the genusPleuronichthys.
abstract: Because of the taxonomic confusion, including misapplication of their scientific names, resulting from the morphological similarity of two East Asian flatfish species, Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929 and Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846), both species are redescribed, with particular emphasis on some new key characters. New common names are proposed for each species.
authors.affiliation: 13-5 Higashihama, Tadotsu-cho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa 764-0016, Japan.. gargariscus@ybb.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Kōji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokogawa
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Gota
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ogihara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*
keywords: Pisces, Pleuronichthys lighti, Pleuronichthys cornutus, redescription, morphology, scale