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Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127141

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Pleuronectidae (Family) > Pleuronectinae (Subfamily) > Platichthys (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Platichthys Girard, 1854
Synonymised
taxa
  Flesus vulgaris Moreau, 1881
Platessa carnaria Brown, 1830
Platessa glabra Rathke, 1837
Platichthys flesus bogdanovi (Sandeberg, 1878)
Platichthys flesus flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platichthys flesus luscus (Pallas, 1814)
Platichthys flesus marmorata Nordmann, 1840
Platichthys flesus trachurus (Duncker, 1892)
Pleuronectes bogdanovii Sandeberg, 1878
Pleuronectes flesoides Pontoppidan, 1766
Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes flesus baltica Suvorov, 1925
Pleuronectes flesus caninensis Suvorov, 1929
Pleuronectes flesus leiurus Duncker, 1892
Pleuronectes flesus luscus Pallas, 1814
Pleuronectes flesus septentrionalis Berg, 1949
Pleuronectes flesus septentrionalis Surorov, 1925
Pleuronectes flesus trachurus Duncker, 1892
Pleuronectes italicus Günther, 1862
Pleuronectes luscus Pallas, 1814
Pleuronectes passer Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes roseus Shaw, 1796
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): 270 [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]

from synonym: Exadactylos, A.; Thorpe, J.P. (2001). Allozyme variation and genetic inter-relationships between seven flatfish species (Pleuronectiformes). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(4): 487-499 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian shojza  [details]
Albanian ushojza e zezë  [details]
Basque platutxa latz  [details]
Breton fanken  [details]
Catalan plana  [details]
Catalan rèmol de riu  [details]
Danish skrubbe  [details]
Dutch bot  [details]
English European flounder  [details]
English flounder  [details]
English fluke  [details]
Finnish kampela  [details]
French flet  [details]
French flet commun  [details]
German Butt  [details]
German Butte  [details]
German Elbbutt  [details]
German Flinder  [details]
German Flinger  [details]
German Flunder  [details]
German gemeine Flunder  [details]
German Goldflunder  [details]
German Graubutt  [details]
German Sandbutt  [details]
German Strombutt  [details]
German Struffbutt  [details]
German Struvbutt  [details]
German Wattbutt  [details]
German Weserbutt  [details]
Icelandic flundra  [details]
Italian passera pianuzza  [details]
Lithuanian upinė plekšnė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Φασί  [details]
Norwegian skrubbe  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål skrubbe  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk skrubbe  [details]
Polish fląderka  [details]
Polish stornia  [details]
Portuguese patruça  [details]
Portuguese solha das pedras  [details]
Russian rechnaya kambala  [details]
Russian камбала речная  [details]
Slovenian iverka  [details]
Spanish platija  [details]
Swedish skrubba  [details]
Swedish skrubbskädda  [details]
Turkish dere pisisi (from synonym)  [details]
Turkish pisi baligi  [details]
Turkish pisi balığı  [details]
Ukrainian камбала річкова  [details]
Welsh lleden fach  [details]
Welsh lleden fwd  [details]
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Subspecies Platichthys flesus bogdanovi (Sandeberg, 1878) accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Platichthys flesus flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Platichthys flesus luscus (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Platichthys flesus marmorata Nordmann, 1840 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Platichthys flesus trachurus (Duncker, 1892) accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Baltic sea [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Blankenberge (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bray-Dunes (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bredene (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Isles [details]
De Haan (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
De Panne (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Grevelingen (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
IJsselmeer [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Knokke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Lombardsijde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mariakerke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Middelkerke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Nieuwpoort (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostduinkerke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Voordelta [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Westerschelde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux [details]
Zeebrugge (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Zeeschelde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Host of  Holobomolochus confusus (Stock, 1953) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria soleae (Krøyer, 1838) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus sieboldi von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus diaphanus von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus europaensis Zeddam, Berrebi, Renaud, Raibaut & Gabrion, 1988 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (8907 nucleotides; 290 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Gilson (1921, fig. 76)
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Olsen (1883, kaart 38)
Olsen (1883, kaart 38)
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Poll (1947, fig. 253)
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Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Platichthys flesus
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Bot - Platichthys flesus
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127141
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). Platichthys flesus (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=127141 on 2013-05-22
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