Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127141

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Pisces > Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Pleuronectidae > Pleuronectinae > Platichthys > Platichthys flesus

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Parent		Platichthys Girard, 1854
Orig. name		Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources		original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up page(s): 270 [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 RoR) [details] additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2017). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2017). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [show all]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Breton fanken  [details] Dutch bot  [details] English fluke  [details] French flet communflet  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		From other sources Baltic Sea Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgium De Haan [details] Ireland Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Atlantic Ocean European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Sea Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Zeeschelde [details] Spain Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Sweden Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of		Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Acanthochondria soleae (Krøyer, 1838) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ascaris flesi Linstow, 1878 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Cainocreadium flesi Korniychuk & Gaevskaya, 2000 [via synonym] (parasitic: endoparasitic) Caligus diaphanus von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus musaicus Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Cucullanus heterochrous Rudolphi, 1802 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Cucullanus minutus Rudolphi, 1819 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Dichelyne (Cucullanellus) minutus (Rudolphi, 1819) (parasitic: endoparasitic) Ergasilus sieboldi Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Gyrodactylus flexibiliradix Malmberg, 1970 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Holobomolochus confusus (Stock, 1953) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lepeophtheirus europaensis Zeddam, Berrebi, Renaud, Raibaut & Gabrion, 1988 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lymphocystis disease virus 1 (parasite) Paracapillaria (Paracapillaria) gibsoni Moravec, 1987 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Trichodina domerguei (Wallengren, 1897) (parasite) Trichodina jadranica Raabe, 1958 (parasite)
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland  Marine Life Information Network - UK  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)  To Dyntaxa  To Encyclopedia of Life  To FAO Species fact sheets  To FishBase  To GenBank (8907 nucleotides; 290 proteins)  To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)  To IUCN Red List  To Marine Species Identification Portal  To PESI  To ITIS
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LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127141
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-01-15 17:27:08Z   changed   Bailly, Nicolas
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		Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2017). European Register of Marine Species at http://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127141 on 2017-07-25
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