oblongus, Pleuronectes Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:391 [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Hippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill 1815) -- (Gutherz 1967:18 [ref. 23862], Evseenko 1996:726 [ref. 24666], Evseenko 1998:58 [ref. 23643], Munroe 2003:1919 [ref. 27118]). •Valid as Paralichthys oblongus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:290 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:538 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:220 [ref. 14674], Murdy et al. 1997:276 [ref. 23144], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:559 [ref. 26158], Nelson et al. 2004:180 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32708], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36025]). Current status: Valid as Paralichthys oblongus (Mitchill 1815). Paralichthyidae. Distribution: Western North Atlantic. Habitat: marine.