Brazilian Flounder
Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Also calledLenguado (spa)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Comments: See additional comments on the previous species. This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. Paralichthys orbignyanus occurs in the Southwestern Atlantic from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to Argentina (Figueiredo & Menezes 2000). Order Syngnathiformes
The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens
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Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO. 0000057 (Fig. 31). Classification on the specimen: “ P. Th. Pleuronectes papillosus ”.
The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2408889.