lethostigma, Paralichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] in Jordan & Meek 1884:237 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 427); ref. 10595] New England to Texas and West Indies. Types not researched. Based on Paralichthys dentatus of Jordan & Gilbert 1883:822 [ref. 2476] (not dentatus Linnaeus). •Valid as Paralichthys lethostigma Jordan & Gilbert 1884 -- (Gutherz 1967:10 [ref. 23862], Lee et al. 1980:829 [ref. 22416], Robins & Ray 1986:290 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:176 [ref. 23239], Knight & Hastings 1994:150 [ref. 25560], Mettee et al. 1996:749 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:275 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:476 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:480 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:526 [ref. 25978], Munroe 2003:1910 [ref. 27118], Nelson et al. 2004:180 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:636 [ref. 27995], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:856 [ref. 28815], Page & Burr 2011:620 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:424 [ref. 35886], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36025], Golani 2021:84 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:48 [ref. 39014], Bagley et al. 2023:318 [ref. 41241]., Page et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paralichthys lethostigma Jordan & Gilbert 1884. Paralichthyidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina south to Florida (U.S.A.), including Gulf of Mexico; introduced in eastern Mediterranean. IUCN (2015): Near Threatened. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.