WoRMS taxon details
Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)
275358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275358)
accepted
Species
Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890) · unaccepted
Liopsetta obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890) Herzenstein, S. M. (1890). Ichthyologische Bemerkungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. II. Mélanges Biologiques, tirés du Bulletin physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. v. 13: 127-141. [Also in Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences St. Pétersbourg (Série 4) v. 2, 1890: 49-63.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275358 on 2025-10-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890) Herzenstein, S. M. (1890). Ichthyologische Bemerkungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. II. Mélanges Biologiques, tirés du Bulletin physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. v. 13: 127-141. [Also in Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences St. Pétersbourg (Série 4) v. 2, 1890: 49-63.]. [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 (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Dark colored flounderBlack plaice | [details] |
| Japanese | クロガレイ | [details] |
| Russian | Темная камбала | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudopleuronectes obscurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Liopsetta obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudopleuronectes obscurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Liopsetta obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes obscurus Herzenstein, 1890)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Liopsetta obscura (Herzenstein, 1890))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS