Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Pleuronectiformes > Family Pleuronectidae > Subfamily Pleuronectinae > Genus Platichthys

Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Platichthys*	Girard, 1854	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pleuronectes flesus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: shojza; ushojza e zezë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): skrubbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Breton: fanken sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Catalan: plana; rèmol de riu sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: skrubbe sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Dutch: bot sources: Ann-Katrien Leskrauwaet

English: European flounder; flounder; fluke sources: FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

English-United States: Flounder sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: platutxa latz

Finnish: kampela sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

French: flet; flet commun sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;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.

German: Butt; Butte; Elbbutt; Flinder; Flinger; Flunder; gemeine Flunder; Goldflunder; Graubutt; Sandbutt; Strombutt; Struffbutt; Struvbutt; Wattbutt; Weserbutt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Φασί sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: flundra

Italian: passera pianuzza

Lithuanian: upinė plekšnė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: skrubbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: skrubbe

Norwegian Nynorsk: skrubbe

Nynorsk (Norwegian): skrubbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: fląderka; stornia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Portuguese: patruça; solha das pedras sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Russian: rechnaya kambala; камбала речная sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: iverka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: skrubba; skrubbskädda sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: камбала річкова sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: lleden fach; lleden fwd

Literature

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.
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
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.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (8907 nucleotides; 290 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127141

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304943