diamond turbot
Pleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The diamond turbot (Pleuronichthys guttulatus) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives in subtropical waters on sand or mud bottoms at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft), though it is most commonly found between 1 and 20 metres (0 and 70 ft). Its native habitat is the coastal areas of the eastern Pacific, from Cape Mendocino, California in the north to Baja California in Mexico in the south. The turbot is dark green with light blue spots. It reaches up to 46 centimetres (18 in) in length, and its maximum reported lifespan is 9 years.
Wikipedia contributors, Diamond turbot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:10:17.817930+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856
- Name authority
- Girard, 1856
- Common name
- diamond turbot
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Pleuronichthys
- 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
- familyPleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyPleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusPleuronichthys Girard, 1854
- speciesPleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pleuronichthys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| c-o solePleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| curlfin solePleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ocellated turbotPleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & Thompson, 1910 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted turbotPleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| hornyhead turbotPleuronichthys verticalis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | PleuronectidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Parophrys ayresii Günther, 1862 Günther, 1862 | synonym |
| Hypsopsetta guttulata (Girard, 1856) (Girard, 1856) | synonym |
| Pleuronichthys guttulata Girard, 1856 Girard, 1856 | 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.
- Girard, C. F. (1856). Contributions to the ichthyology of the western coast of the United States, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 8: 131–137. 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:4KBZJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.