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Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 154467

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Pleuronectidae (Family) > Pleuronectinae (Subfamily) > Pleuronectes (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758
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 [details]

basis of record: 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]

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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch bot  [details]
English flounder  [details]
French flet  [details]
German Flunder  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus baltica Suvorov, 1925 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus caninensis Suvorov, 1929 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus leiurus Duncker, 1892 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus luscus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus septentrionalis Berg, 1949 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus septentrionalis Surorov, 1925 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus trachurus Duncker, 1892 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Blankenberge [details]
Bray-Dunes [details]
Bredene [details]
De Haan [details]
De Panne [details]
Grevelingen [details]
Knokke [details]
Lombardsijde [details]
Mariakerke [details]
Middelkerke [details]
Nieuwpoort [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Voordelta [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Zeebrugge [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
Host of  Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (348 publications)
To FishBase
To ITIS
Images 
Gilson (1921, fig. 76)
Gilson (1921, fig. 76)
added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Olsen (1883, kaart 38)
Olsen (1883, kaart 38)
added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154467
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-18 08:19:08Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pleuronectes 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=154467 on 2013-05-20
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