Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Pleuronectiformes > Family Soleidae > Genus Microchirus > Subgenus Microchirus (Microchirus)

Microchirus (Microchirus) variegatus (Donovan, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microchirus*	Bonaparte, 1833	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Microchirus variegatus*	(Donovan, 1808)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

English-United States: Thickback Sole sources: Charles Hussey

French: sole perdrix sources: 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.

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

Ukrainian: Короткопера солія sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Welsh: lleden wadn braff

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	Donovan, E. (1802-08). The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. London. 1-516 unnumbered, Pls. 1-120.
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	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Link To FishBase

External Links

Link To FishBase
Link To GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2011). Microchirus (Microchirus) variegatus (Donovan, 1808). 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:127472