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Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
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macrolepidotus, Pleuronectes Bloch [M. E.] 1787:34, Pl. 190 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] "Brazil" [erroneous, Tranquebar, India]. Remaining syntypes: ZMB 7491 (1, left skin) Type catalog: Paepke 1999:68 [ref. 24282]. See Paepke 1999:68-69 [ref. 24282]; 2 species involved -- figured/described specimen a different species -- probably linguatula Linnaeus, and lost. •Valid as Pleuronectes macrolepidotus Bloch 1787 -- (Nielsen 1973:615 [ref. 6885]). •Valid as Citharus macrolepidotus (Bloch 1787) -- (Evseenko 1996:726 [ref. 24666]). •Specimen in Berlin is a synonym of Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & Schneider 1801) in Cynoglossidae -- (Paepke 1999:68 [ref. 24282]). •Synonym of Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1286 [ref. 13677], Nielsen 1990:1025 [ref. 16246], Kottelat 1997:181 [ref. 22952], Golani 2005:62 [ref. 37112], Munroe in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2952 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus 1758). Citharidae. Habitat: marine.


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