WoRMS taxon details
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854
254393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254393)
accepted
Species
Inopsetta ischyra (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) · unaccepted (likely hybrid of Platichthys...)
likely hybrid of Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1788) and Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854
Parophrys hubbardii Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Parophrys ischyrus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 · unaccepted
Parophrys vetula Girard, 1854 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Girard, C. F. (1854). Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 129-140. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254393 on 2025-12-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1854). Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 129-140. [details]
original description (of Parophrys hubbardii Gill, 1862) Gill, T.N. (1862). Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 14: 274-282. [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Parophrys ischyrus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Jordan, D. S. ; Gilbert, C. H. (1880). Description of two new species of flounders (Parophrys ischyrus and Hippoglossoides elassodon) from Puget's Sound. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 147): 276-280. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Parophrys hubbardii Gill, 1862) Gill, T.N. (1862). Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 14: 274-282. [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Parophrys ischyrus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Jordan, D. S. ; Gilbert, C. H. (1880). Description of two new species of flounders (Parophrys ischyrus and Hippoglossoides elassodon) from Puget's Sound. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 147): 276-280. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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 | sole (hybrid) [from synonym]english sole [from synonym]English sole | [details] |
| French | sole anglaise [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | Парофрис | [details] |
| Spanish | platija limón | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Inopsetta ischyra (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Parophrys vetula Girard, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parophrys vetulus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Parophrys hubbardii Gill, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Parophrys vetula Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854))
To Fishbase (from synonym Parophrys ischyrus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 139 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854))
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 139 proteins) (from synonym Parophrys vetula Girard, 1854)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 139 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Inopsetta ischyra (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Parophrys vetula Girard, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parophrys vetulus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Parophrys hubbardii Gill, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Parophrys vetula Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854))
To Fishbase (from synonym Parophrys ischyrus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 139 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854))
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 139 proteins) (from synonym Parophrys vetula Girard, 1854)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 139 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
