largescale flounder
Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Name authority
- (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Common name
- largescale flounder
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Bothidae
- Genus
- Engyprosopon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPleuronectiformes
- suborderPleuronectoidei
- familyBothidae Smitt, 1892
- genusEngyprosopon Günther, 1862
- speciesEngyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Engyprosopon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Engyprosopon annulatum (Weber, 1913) | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon bellonaense Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1993 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon bleekeri (MacLeay, 1881) | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon hensleyi Amaoka & Imamura, 1990 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon hureaui Quéro & Golani, 1990 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon latifrons (Regan, 1908) | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon longipterum Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1993 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon mogkii (Bleeker, 1854) | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon mozambiquense Hensley, 2003 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon natalense Regan, 1920 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon regani Hensley & Suzumoto, 1990 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engyprosopon xenandrus Gilbert, 1905 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219802 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39TR2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.