punctatissimus, Hippoglossoides (Hippoglossina) Steindachner [F.] 1879:167 [49] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (nos 1-2); ref. 4229] Hakodate, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype (unique): NMW 43879. On p. 49 of separate. •Valid as Pleuronectes punctatissimus (Steindachner 1879) -- (Sakamoto 1984:209 [ref. 5273], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:123 [ref. 21500], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:1378 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1378 [ref. 26193]). •Valid as Limanda punctatissima (Steindachner 1879) -- (Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:352 [ref. 6441], Kim & Youn 1994:116 [ref. 22286], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:715 [ref. 26711], Choi et al. 2003:432, 684 [ref. 26218], Evseenko 2003:S64 [ref. 28535], Evseenko 2004:9 [ref. 27606], Parin et al. 2014:537 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:197 [ref. 35257], Kim et al. 2020:191 [ref. 39118]). •Valid as Myzopsetta punctatissima (Steindachner 1879) -- (Fedorov et al. 2003:140 [ref. 27579] as punctatissimus, Vinnikov et al. 2018:160 [ref. 35844], Dyldin et al. 2021:42 [ref. 38804], Tashiro 2022:85 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Myzopsetta punctatissima (Steindachner 1879). Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific and adjacent Arctic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.