MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810

WoRMS taxon details

Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810

AphiaID

126124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126124)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Pleuronectes rhombus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Scophthalmidae Chabanaud, 1933

Synonymised names

Lophopsetta Gill, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)

Passer Valenciennes (ex Klein), 1846 · unaccepted

Psetta Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)

Rhombus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)

Scophtalmus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815)
Species Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
Species Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Scophthalmus maeotica (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) (misspelling)
Species Scophthalmus ponticus Ninni, 1932 accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Scophthalmus norvegicus (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126124 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Psetta Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. London. 2: i-vi + 1-448. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
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