WoRMS taxon details
Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787)
154781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154781)
accepted
Species
Platichthys rugosus Girard, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Platichthys stellatus stellatus (Pallas, 1787) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Platichthys stellatus stellatus (Pallas, 1787) accepted as Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787) (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787) Pallas, P. S. (1787). Piscium nouae [novae] species descriptae. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae.</em> v. 1 (Physica) (for 1783): 347-360, Pls. 9-11. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154781 on 2026-07-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Platichthys rugosus 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]
original description (of Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787) Pallas, P. S. (1787). Piscium nouae [novae] species descriptae. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae.</em> v. 1 (Physica) (for 1783): 347-360, Pls. 9-11. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787) Pallas, P. S. (1787). Piscium nouae [novae] species descriptae. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae.</em> v. 1 (Physica) (for 1783): 347-360, Pls. 9-11. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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
[request]
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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | starry flounder | [details] |
| French | flet étoiléflet étiolé | [details] |
| Japanese | ヌマガレイ | [details] |
| Russian | Звездчатая камбала | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (99 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Platichthys rugosus Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platichthys stellatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787)
To FishBase (from synonym Platichthys rugosus Girard, 1854)
To FishBase
To GenBank (32261 nucleotides; 416 proteins)
To GenBank (32261 nucleotides; 416 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Platichthys stellatus P08208 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Platichthys stellatus P08209 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Platichthys rugosus Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platichthys stellatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787)
To FishBase (from synonym Platichthys rugosus Girard, 1854)
To FishBase
To GenBank (32261 nucleotides; 416 proteins)
To GenBank (32261 nucleotides; 416 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, 1787)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Platichthys stellatus P08208 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Platichthys stellatus P08209 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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