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Rhombus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 154671

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Scophthalmidae (Family) > Rhombus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Rhombus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
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: 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: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Host of  Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (Milne Edwards, 1840) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (460 publications)
To FishBase
Images 
Gilson (1921, fig. 70)
Gilson (1921, fig. 70)
added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Olsen (1883, kaart 41)
Olsen (1883, kaart 41)
added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154671
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-19 07:59:47Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 14:50:09Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Rhombus maximus (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=154671 on 2013-05-21
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