variegata, Platessa Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:176, Pl. 90 [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D1333 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1332 (1, stuffed), D1339 (1, stuffed); ZMB 2365 [ex RMNH] (1, dry), 7489 [ex RMNH] (1, dry). Type catalog: Paepke 2001:331 [ref. 25566]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:145 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Sakamoto 1984:208 [ref. 5273], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:351 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:90 [ref. 21500], Kim & Youn 1994:113 [ref. 22286], Li & Wang 1995:234 [ref. 16193], Shinohara et al. 1996:184 [ref. 26605], Cheng & Zhou 1997:449 [ref. 26385], Evseenko 1998:60 [ref. 23643], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:705 [ref. 26711], Nakabo 2000:1373 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:44 [ref. 25799], Wang et al. 2001:308 [ref. 26566], Nakabo 2002:1373 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:432, 687 [ref. 26218], Evseenko 2003:S70 [ref. 28535], Evseenko 2004:15 [ref. 27606], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:100 [ref. 32413], Shinohara et al. 2014:278 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:548 [ref. 33547], Vinnikov et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35844], Kim et al. 2020:191 [ref. 39118], Redin & Kartavtsev 2022:19 [ref. 39989], Tashiro 2022:85 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Pleuronectidae: Hippoglossinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.