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Monochirus Rafinesque, 1814 
AphiaID: 126130

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Soleidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814
Parent Soleidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Quenselia
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]

additional source: Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. Palerme. Pp. 1-55. Also lithoprint facsimile re-edition in 1948 by Peter Smith, The Murray Printing Company, Wakefield, Massachusetts 55pp; plates.
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from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814
Species Monochirus trichodactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Monochirus inscriptus Gosse, 1851 accepted as Trinectes inscriptus (Gosse, 1851)
Species Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Achirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Monochirus lingula Costa, 1848 accepted as Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Species Monochirus luteus (Risso, 1810) accepted as Buglossidium luteum (Risso, 1810)
Species Monochirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Monochirus pegusa Risso, 1827 accepted as Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814
Species Monochirus quadriocellatus (von Bonde, 1922) accepted as Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Monochirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808) accepted as Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126130
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Monochirus Rafinesque, 1814. 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=126130 on 2013-05-25
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