Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Pleuronectiformes > Family Scophthalmidae > Genus Lepidorhombus

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidorhombus*	Günther, 1862	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): glassvar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: glashvarre sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Dutch: scharrentong; scharretong sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Ann-Katrien Leskrauwaet

English: megrim; sail-fluke; whiff sources: FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Euskera: ollarra sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Finnish: silokampela sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

French: cardine; cardine franche sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Greek: Κιτρινοζαγκέτα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: stórkjafta sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Norwegian: glassvar sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: glassvar

Norwegian Nynorsk: glasvar

Nynorsk (Norwegian): glasvar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: smulica sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Portuguese: pregado sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: lliseria sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Swedish: glasvar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Bailly, N. (2011). Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792). In: Nicolas Bailly (2011). FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127146