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Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) 
AphiaID: 127140

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Pleuronectidae (Family) > Pleuronectinae (Subfamily) > Microstomus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Microstomus
Synonymised
taxa
  Microstomus latidens Gottsche, 1835 (synonym)
Platessa pola Cuvier, 1829
Pleuronectes gilli Steindachner, 1868
Pleuronectes kitt Walbaum, 1792
Pleuronectes laevis Shaw, 1803
Pleuronectes microcephalus Donovan, 1803 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Walbaum, J.J. (Ed.) (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis: redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52: Ichthyologiae pars 3. Ant. Ferdin. Röse: Grypeswaldiae. 723, 3 plates pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1290 [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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [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]

original description (from synonym): Gottsche, C.M. (1835). Die seeländischen Pleuronectes-Arten. Arch. Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 133-185. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Donovan, E. (1802-08). The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. London. 1-516 unnumbered, Pls. 1-120. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Breton lizen mean  [details]
Danish rødtunge  [details]
Dutch Schotse schol  [details]
Dutch tongschar  [details]
English lemon sole  [details]
French limande-sole  [details]
French sole limande  [details]
German Rotzunge  [details]
Icelandic þykkvalúra  [details]
Norwegian lomre  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål lomre  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk lomre  [details]
Spanish mendo limón  [details]
Swedish bergskädda  [details]
Swedish bergtunga  [details]
Welsh lleden lefn  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Host of  Acanthochondria clavata (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
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Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
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Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
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Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
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Gilson (1921, fig. 78)
Gilson (1921, fig. 78)
added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
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Poll (1947, fig. 251)
Poll (1947, fig. 251)
added on 2008-08-13 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Day)
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Microstomus kitt
Microstomus kitt
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127140
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792). 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=127140 on 2013-06-19
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