WoRMS taxon details
Isopsetta isolepis (Lockington, 1880)
281189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281189)
accepted
Species
Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880) Lockington, W. N. (1880). Note on a new flat-fish (Lepidopsetta isolepis) found in the markets of San Francisco. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 158): 325., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.3-158.325 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Isopsetta isolepis (Lockington, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281189 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880) Lockington, W. N. (1880). Note on a new flat-fish (Lepidopsetta isolepis) found in the markets of San Francisco. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 158): 325., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.3-158.325 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | butter sole | [details] |
| French | plie à écailles régulières | [details] |
| Russian | Изопсетта | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isopsetta isolepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880))
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880))
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Isopsetta isolepis USNM 112023 photograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isopsetta isolepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880))
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880))
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Isopsetta isolepis USNM 112023 photograph)
To ITIS
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