WoRMS name details
Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854)
305790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:305790)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854) 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. (2026). FishBase. Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=305790 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854) 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record 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