WoRMS taxon details
Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
282291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282291)
accepted
Species
Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · unaccepted
Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282291 on 2025-09-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details]
original description (of Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009) Suzuki, T.; Kawashima, T.; Nakabo, T. (2009). Taxonomic review of East Asian Pleuronichthys (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae), with description of a new species. Ichthyol Res, (2009)56: 276-291. [details]
original description (of Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009) Suzuki, T.; Kawashima, T.; Nakabo, T. (2009). Taxonomic review of East Asian Pleuronichthys (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae), with description of a new species. Ichthyol Res, (2009)56: 276-291. [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メイタガレイ／ホンメイタナガレメイタガレイ／バケメイタ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuronichthys cornutus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuronichthys japonicus) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuronichthys lighti) (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To FishBase images (Pleuronichthys cornutus, Chinese Taipei, by Shao, K.T.)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To GenBank (426 nucleotides; 87 proteins) (from synonym Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (426 nucleotides; 87 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuronichthys cornutus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuronichthys japonicus) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuronichthys lighti) (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To FishBase images (Pleuronichthys cornutus, Chinese Taipei, by Shao, K.T.)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronichthys japonicus Suzuki, Kawashima & Nakabo, 2009)
To GenBank (426 nucleotides; 87 proteins) (from synonym Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (426 nucleotides; 87 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929)
To ITIS
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