brasiliensis, Hippoglossus Ranzani [C.] 1842:10, Pl. 3 [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 5; ref. 3606] Bahia, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MZUB 955. •Valid as Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani 1842) -- (Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:300 [ref. 14235], Andreata & Séret 1996:589 [ref. 16204] as Paralychtys dated 1840, Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:144 [ref. 25942], Camargo & Isaac 2001:144 [ref. 27639], López et al. 2002:66 [ref. 26808], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:106 [ref. 27192], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2006:241 [ref. 28684], Di Dario et al. 2013:264 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:933 [ref. 37496], Nión et al. 2016:54 [ref. 35565], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36025], Spier et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:8 [ref. 36717], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:386 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:273 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:43 [ref. 40710]). Current status: Valid as Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani 1842). Paralichthyidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Bahia (Brazil) south to southern Argentina. Habitat: brackish, marine.