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Microstomus Gottsche, 1835

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Microstomus latidens Gottsche, 1835 accepted as Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)

Parent

Pleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Cynicoglossus Bonaparte, 1837 · unaccepted

Veraequa Jordan & Starks, 1904 · unaccepted

Direct children (10)

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Species Microstomus achne (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Species Microstomus bathybius (Gilbert, 1890)
Species Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879)
Species Microstomus shuntovi Borets, 1983
Species Microstomus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1840 accepted as Nansenia groenlandica (Reinhardt, 1840)
Species Microstomus hireguro Tanaka, 1916 accepted as Glyptocephalus stelleri (Schmidt, 1904)
Species Microstomus kitaharae Jordan & Starks, 1904 accepted as Glyptocephalus kitaharae (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Species Microstomus latidens Gottsche, 1835 accepted as Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) (synonym)
Species Microstomus stelleri Schmidt, 1904 accepted as Glyptocephalus stelleri (Schmidt, 1904)

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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126118 on 2025-05-09

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

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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]

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]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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]