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WoRMS name details

Drepanopsetta Gill, 1861

AphiaID

154797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154797)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Hippoglossoides Gottsche, 1835

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pleuronectes platessoides Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)

Parent

Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815

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Species Drepanopsetta platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gill, T. N. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 13(Suppl.): 1-63. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Drepanopsetta Gill, 1861. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154797 on 2026-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-04-19 07:59:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-12 09:29:42Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Gill, T. N. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 13(Suppl.): 1-63. [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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