WoRMS taxon details
Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839)
275817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275817)
accepted
Species
Paralichthys orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1839) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Paralichthys simulans Lahille, 1939 · unaccepted
Paralichthys simulans obscurior Lahille, 1939 · unaccepted
Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1842) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Xystreurys ribeiroi Fowler & Bean, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275817 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paralichthys simulans Lahille, 1939) Lahille, F. (1939). Les Peces argentinos de cara torcida. <em>Physis (Buenos Aires).</em> 16: 179-205. [details]
original description (of Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [details]
original description (of Xystreurys ribeiroi Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.63-2488.1 [details]
original description (of Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [details]
original description (of Xystreurys ribeiroi Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.63-2488.1 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paralichthys simulans Lahille, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xystreurys ribeiroi Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Paralichthys orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1839))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paralichthys orbignyanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xystreurys ribeiroi Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1842))
To FishBase (from synonym Paralichthys simulans obscurior Lahille, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Paralichthys orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Paralichthys simulans Lahille, 1939)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1842))
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paralichthys simulans Lahille, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xystreurys ribeiroi Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Paralichthys orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1839))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paralichthys orbignyanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xystreurys ribeiroi Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1842))
To FishBase (from synonym Paralichthys simulans obscurior Lahille, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Paralichthys orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Paralichthys simulans Lahille, 1939)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, 1839)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes orbignyana (Valenciennes, 1842))
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
