Original description:
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1832. "Extracts from a second series of zoological letters written to Baron Cuvier of Paris, by Prof. Rafinesque in 1831". Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge, Philadelphia. 1(1):1-22 (ffm00278)
Type species: Trinectes scabra Rafinesque, 1832 (monotypy).
Described species included (6):
valid: 2 synonym: 4- Pleuronectes maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (valid)
- Achirus fasciatus Lacepède, 1802 (synonym)
- Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill, 1815 (synonym)
- Trinectes scabra Rafinesque, 1832 (synonym)
- Solea fonsecensis Günther, 1862 (valid)
- Solea panamensis Steindachner, 1876 (synonym)