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Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792) 
AphiaID: 127146

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Scophthalmidae (Family) > Lepidorhombus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lepidorhombus Günther, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Lepidorhombus megastoma Donovan, 1804
Pleuronectes megastoma Donovan, 1804 (synonym)
Pleuronectes pseudopalus Pennant, 1812
Pleuronectes whiffiagonis Walbaum, 1792
Rhombus (Lepidorhombus) whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
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: 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: 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[details] [view taxon]

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 
Basque oilar handi  [details]
Basque ollarra  [details]
Catalan bruixa sense taques  [details]
Catalan gall  [details]
Danish glashvarre  [details]
Dutch scharrentong  [details]
Dutch scharretong  [details]
Dutch schartong  [details]
English megrim  [details]
English sail-fluke  [details]
English whiff  [details]
Finnish silokampela  [details]
French cardine  [details]
French cardine franche  [details]
German Flügelbutt (from synonym)  [details]
Icelandic stórkjafta  [details]
Italian rombo giallo  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κιτρινοζαγκέτα  [details]
Norwegian glassvar  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål glassvar  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk glasvar  [details]
Polish smulica  [details]
Portuguese areeiro  [details]
Portuguese pregado  [details]
Spanish gallo  [details]
Spanish gallo del norte  [details]
Spanish lliseria  [details]
Swedish glasvar  [details]
Turkish pisi baligi  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain[details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of England [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Host of  Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (98 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
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Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
added on 2011-03-04 - author: VLIZ (Decleer)
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127146
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). Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (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=127146 on 2013-05-22
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