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GBIF·2408834speciesAnimalia1,264 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPleuronectiformes
  4. ›familyParalichthyidae
  5. ›genusPseudorhombus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Fivespot Flounder

Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Günther, 1862

Also calledGomokuganzobirame (jpn) · Tama-ganzou-birame (jpn) · ゴモクガンゾウビラメ (jpn) · タマガンゾウビラメ (jpn) · 五眼斑鮃 (zho) · 半邊魚 (zho) · 扁魚 (zho) · 比目魚 (zho) · 皇帝魚 (zho)

First described in: Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> v. 4: i-xxi + 1-534.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2408834.