Belgian Register of Marine Species - Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758

CaRMS taxon details

Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

126120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126120)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Inopsetta Jordan & Goss, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (5)

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Species Pleuronectes asper Pallas, 1814 accepted as Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814)
Species Pleuronectes bilineatus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)
Species Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880) accepted as Isopsetta isolepis (Lockington, 1880)
Species Pleuronectes putnami (Gill, 1864) accepted as Liopsetta putnami (Gill, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854) accepted as Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126120 on 2025-05-16

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126120 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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]