fringed flounder
Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
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
- Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Name authority
- Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Common name
- fringed flounder
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Etropus
- 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
- familyParalichthyidae Regan, 1910
- genusEtropus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- speciesEtropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Etropus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Etropus ciadi van der Heiden & Plascencia González, 2005 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etropus delsmani Chabanaud, 1940 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etropus ectenes Jordan, 1889 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peruvian flounderEtropus peruvianus Hildebrand, 1946 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| gray flounderEtropus rimosus Goode & Bean, 1885 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smallmouth flounderEtropus microstomus (Gill, 1864) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Etropus intermedius Norman, 1933 Norman, 1933 | synonym |
| Citharichthys crossotus crossotus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | synonym |
| Etropus crossotus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | synonym |
| Citharichthys crossotus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | synonym |
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.
- Jordan, D. S., & Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 4 (no. 237): 338–365. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.4-237.338 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:3BMC9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.