WoRMS taxon details
Psettichthys melanostictus Girard, 1854
282396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282396)
accepted
Species
Psettichthys melanosticus Girard, 1854 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Psettichthys melanostictus Girard, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282396 on 2025-06-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sand solePacific sand sole | [details] |
| French | plie à points noirs | [details] |
| Russian | Пятнистая камбала | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psettichthys melanostictus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Psettichthys melanostictus, Canada, by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Psettichthys melanostictus USNM 77417 photograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psettichthys melanostictus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Psettichthys melanostictus, Canada, by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Psettichthys melanostictus USNM 77417 photograph)
To ITIS
