WoRMS taxon details
Syacium papillosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
158878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158878)
accepted
Species
Aramaca papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Aramaca soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831) · unaccepted
Citharichthys aramaca (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted
Citharichthys paetulus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) · unaccepted
Hemirhombus paetulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · unaccepted
Hemirhombus soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831) · unaccepted
Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, 1842 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes aramaca Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Rhombus soleaeformis Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution N.C. and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
Distribution N.C. and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Syacium papillosum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158878 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleuronectes aramaca Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Rhombus soleaeformis Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, 1842) Ranzani, C. (1842). De novis speciebus piscium. Dissertatio Secunda. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> v. 5: 3-21, Pls. 1-7. [details]
original description (of Hemirhombus paetulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.5-297.412 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rhombus soleaeformis Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, 1842) Ranzani, C. (1842). De novis speciebus piscium. Dissertatio Secunda. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> v. 5: 3-21, Pls. 1-7. [details]
original description (of Hemirhombus paetulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.5-297.412 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (193 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aramaca soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hemirhombus soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes aramaca Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhombus soleaeformis Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aramaca papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys paetulus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys aramaca (Walbaum, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syacium papillosum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes aramaca Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus soleaeformis Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys paetulus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882))
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys aramaca (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aramaca papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Aramaca soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus paetulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium papillosum P05068 illustration) (from synonym Hemirhombus paetulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium papillosum RAD103708-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium papillosum RAD103708-003)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aramaca soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hemirhombus soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes aramaca Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhombus soleaeformis Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aramaca papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys paetulus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys aramaca (Walbaum, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syacium papillosum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes aramaca Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus soleaeformis Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys paetulus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882))
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys aramaca (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aramaca papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Aramaca soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus soleaeformis (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus paetulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium papillosum P05068 illustration) (from synonym Hemirhombus paetulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium papillosum RAD103708-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium papillosum RAD103708-003)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
