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WoRMS taxon details

Scophthalmidae 
AphiaID: 125580

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Pleuronectiformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English turbots  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål varfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk varfamilien  [details]
Swedish varar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Lepidorhombus Günther, 1862
Genus Phrynorhombus Günther, 1862
Genus Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Zeugopterus Gottsche, 1835

Genus Lophopsetta Gill, 1861 accepted as Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Passer Valenciennes (ex Klein), 1846 accepted as Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Psetta Swainson, 1839 accepted as Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Rhombus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125580
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Scophthalmidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125580 on 2013-05-23
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