WoRMS taxon details
Etropus microstomus (Gill, 1864)
158801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158801)
accepted
Species
Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864) Gill, T. N. (1864). Synopsis of the pleuronectoids of the eastern coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 214-220. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to North Carolina, Mississippi, USA, including the northern Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to North Carolina, Mississippi, USA, including the northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etropus microstomus (Gill, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158801 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864) Gill, T. N. (1864). Synopsis of the pleuronectoids of the eastern coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 214-220. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to North Carolina, Mississippi, USA, including the northern Gulf of Mexico [details]Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smallmouth flounder | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etropus microstomus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864)
To FishBase images (Etropus microstomus, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etropus microstomus RAD103735-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etropus microstomus RAD103736-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etropus microstomus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864)
To FishBase images (Etropus microstomus, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Citharichthys microstomus Gill, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etropus microstomus RAD103735-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etropus microstomus RAD103736-001)
To ITIS
