MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Microstomus Gottsche, 1835

ERMS taxon details

Microstomus Gottsche, 1835

AphiaID

126118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126118)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (2)

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Species Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879)

Environment

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

Original description

Gottsche, C.M. (1835). Die seeländischen Pleuronectes-Arten. Arch. Naturgeschichte. 2: 133-185., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=zkzv6ejVAmwC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=Die+seel%C3%A4ndischen+Pleuronectes-Arten&source=bl&ots=37PTPvpwEk&sig=EnFsfKp8J_n6p4ulAvKORtWpPkM&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvlMnJsMvcAhUEY1AKHVCnBhsQ6AEwBXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=Die%20seel
page(s): 136 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Microstomus Gottsche, 1835. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126118 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Microstomus Gottsche, 1835. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126118 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Gottsche, C.M. (1835). Die seeländischen Pleuronectes-Arten. Arch. Naturgeschichte. 2: 133-185., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=zkzv6ejVAmwC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=Die+seel%C3%A4ndischen+Pleuronectes-Arten&source=bl&ots=37PTPvpwEk&sig=EnFsfKp8J_n6p4ulAvKORtWpPkM&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvlMnJsMvcAhUEY1AKHVCnBhsQ6AEwBXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=Die%20seel
page(s): 136 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., 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 RoR) [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]