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Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 126120

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Pleuronectidae (Family) > Pleuronectinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
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Typetaxon Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Pleuronectinae
Synonymised
taxa
  Inopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885 (synonym)
Platessa
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 268 [details]


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: FishBase, version october 2012 [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]

basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pleuronectes putnami (Gill, 1864)
Species Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814

Species Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Achirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes aquosus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815)
Species Pleuronectes aramaca Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Syacium papillosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes arel Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783 accepted as Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes arnoglossus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes arsius Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Pleuronectes asper Pallas, 1814 accepted as Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814)
Species Pleuronectes barffi Curtis, 1944 accepted as Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
Species Pleuronectes bilineata Bloch, 1787 accepted as Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)
Species Pleuronectes bilineatus (Ayres, 1855) accepted as Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres, 1855)
Species Pleuronectes bilineatus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)
Species Pleuronectes bogdanovii Sandeberg, 1878 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes borealis Faber, 1828 accepted as Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pleuronectes boscii Risso, 1810 accepted as Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810)
Species Pleuronectes cicatricosus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Liopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776)
Species Pleuronectes citharus Spinola, 1807 accepted as Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes commersonianus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Synaptura commersonnii (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Pleuronectes commersonnii Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Synaptura commersonnii (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Pleuronectes conspersus Canestrini, 1861 accepted as Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) accepted as Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Pleuronectes cyclops Donovan, 1806 accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes cynoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes dentatus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pleuronectes diaphanus Shaw, 1803 accepted as Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862 accepted as Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854
Species Pleuronectes ellipticus Poey, 1860 accepted as Bothus ellipticus (Poey, 1860)
Species Pleuronectes erumei Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes fasciatus Nardo, 1824 accepted as Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Species Pleuronectes ferruginaeus (Storer, 1839) accepted as Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839)
Species Pleuronectes ferruginea (Storer, 1839) accepted as Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839)
Species Pleuronectes ferrugineus (Storer, 1839) accepted as Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839)
Species Pleuronectes flesoides Pontoppidan, 1766 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes franklinii Günther, 1862 accepted as Liopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776)
Species Pleuronectes gilli Steindachner, 1868 accepted as Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes glacialis Pallas, 1776 accepted as Liopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776)
Species Pleuronectes grohmanni Bonaparte, 1837 accepted as Arnoglossus grohmanni (Bonaparte, 1837)
Species Pleuronectes grohmanni Bonaparte, 1837 accepted as Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913
Species Pleuronectes herzensteini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) accepted as Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Pleuronectes hippoglossoides Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880) accepted as Isopsetta isolepis (Lockington, 1880)
Species Pleuronectes italicus Günther, 1862 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes japonicus Herzenstein, 1890 accepted as Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Pleuronectes kitt Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes laevis Shaw, 1803 accepted as Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes laevis Turton, 1802 accepted as Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes lascaris Risso, 1810 accepted as Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810)
Species Pleuronectes laterna Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes latus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pleuronectes leotardi Risso, 1810 accepted as Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes limanda Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes limandoides Bloch, 1787 accepted as Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Pleuronectes limandula Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes linguatula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes luscus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes luteus Risso, 1810 accepted as Buglossidium luteum (Risso, 1810)
Species Pleuronectes macrolepidotus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes maculiferus Poey, 1860 accepted as Bothus maculiferus (Poey, 1860)
Species Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
Species Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782 accepted as Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
Species Pleuronectes mangili Risso, 1810 accepted as Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Species Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes megastoma Donovan, 1804 accepted as Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes microcephalus Donovan, 1803 accepted as Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes microchirus Delaroche, 1809 accepted as Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Species Pleuronectes mochigarei (Snyder, 1911) accepted as Lepidopsetta mochigarei Snyder, 1911
Species Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes nasutus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1814)
Species Pleuronectes nigricans Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes nigromanus Nilsson, 1829 accepted as Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes oblongus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Hippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill, 1815)
Species Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890 accepted as Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)
Species Pleuronectes ocellatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1842) accepted as Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Species Pleuronectes orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes pallasii Steindachner, 1879 accepted as Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814
Species Pleuronectes pan Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Brachirus pan (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Syacium papillosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes passer Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes patarachia Nardo, 1847 accepted as Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes pellucidus Nardo, 1824 accepted as Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes perarcuatus Cope, 1873 accepted as Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres, 1855)
Species Pleuronectes pinguis Fabricius, 1824 accepted as Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes pinnifasciatus Kner, 1870 accepted as Liopsetta pinnifasciata (Kner, 1870)
Species Pleuronectes plagiusa Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Pleuronectes plagusia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes platessoides Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Pleuronectes platessus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Species Pleuronectes podas Delaroche, 1809 accepted as Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)
Species Pleuronectes potous Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton, 1822
Species Pleuronectes proboscidea (Gilbert, 1896) accepted as Limanda proboscidea Gilbert, 1896
Species Pleuronectes proboscideus (Gilbert, 1896) accepted as Limanda proboscidea Gilbert, 1896
Species Pleuronectes pseudopalus Pennant, 1812 accepted as Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes punctatissimus (Steindachner, 1879) accepted as Limanda punctatissima (Steindachner, 1879)
Species Pleuronectes punctatus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Zeugopterus punctatus (Bloch, 1787)
Species Pleuronectes regius Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Zeugopterus regius (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Pleuronectes rhombus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes roseus Shaw, 1796 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes sakhalinensis (Hubbs, 1915) accepted as Limanda sakhalinensis Hubbs, 1915
Species Pleuronectes saxicola Faber, 1828 accepted as Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes scapha Forster, 1801 accepted as Arnoglossus scapha (Forster, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes schrenki (Schmidt, 1904) accepted as Pseudopleuronectes schrenki (Schmidt, 1904)
Species Pleuronectes scutifer Steindachner, 1870 accepted as Kareius bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855)
Species Pleuronectes sinensis Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Pleuronectes solea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787 accepted as Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787)
Species Pleuronectes surinamensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Citharichthys surinamensis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes theophilus Risso, 1810 accepted as Microchirus theophila (Risso, 1810)
Species Pleuronectes trichodactylus Nardo, 1824 accepted as Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814
Species Pleuronectes trichodactylus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Monochirus trichodactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes triocellatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Pseudorhombus triocellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pleuronectes turbot Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pleuronectes variegatus Donovan, 1808 accepted as Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Species Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854) accepted as Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854
Species Pleuronectes victoriae Castelnau, 1872 accepted as Rhombosolea tapirina Günther, 1862
Species Pleuronectes whiffiagonis Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Pleuronectes yokohamae Günther, 1877 accepted as Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877)
Species Pleuronectes zebra Bloch, 1787 accepted as Zebrias zebra (Bloch, 1787)
Environment marine
Host of  Chondracanthus psetti Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Crangon crangon and  Pleuronectes platessa
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Crangon crangon and Pleuronectes platessa
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
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Schol - Pleuronectes platessa
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Schol - Pleuronectes platessa
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Gilson (1921, fig. 75)
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Gilson (1921, fig. 75)
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Olsen (1883, kaart 39)
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Olsen (1883, kaart 39)
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Poll (1947, fig. 249)
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Poll (1947, fig. 249)
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Poll (1947, fig. 238)
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Poll (1947, fig. 238)
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Schol
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Schol
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Pleuronectes platessa
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Otoliet van een pladijs van meer dan 30j oud
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Otoliet van een pladijs van meer dan 30j oud
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Gilis (1942, figuur 5)
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Gilis (1942, figuur 5)
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Gilis (1942, figuur 6)
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Gilis (1942, figuur 6)
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Gilis (1942, figuur 7)
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Gilis (1942, figuur 7)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126120
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. 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=126120 on 2013-06-19
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