channel flounder
Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842
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
- Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842
- Name authority
- Ranzani, 1842
- Common name
- channel flounder
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Syacium
- 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
- genusSyacium Ranzani, 1842
- speciesSyacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Syacium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| beach flounderSyacium latifrons (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| oval flounderSyacium ovale (Günther, 1864) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dusky flounderSyacium papillosum (Linnaeus, 1758) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syacium guineense (Bleeker, 1862) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shoal flounderSyacium gunteri Ginsburg, 1933 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pompadour flounderSyacium longidorsale Murakami & Amaoka, 1992 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syacium maculiferum (Garman, 1899) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Hemirhombus micrurus (Ranzani, 1842) (Ranzani, 1842) | synonym |
| Citharichthys aethalion Jordan, 1886 Jordan, 1886 | synonym |
| Hemirhombus aethalion (Jordan, 1886) (Jordan, 1886) | synonym |
| Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, 1860 Poey, 1860 | synonym |
| Scyacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842 Ranzani, 1842 | synonym |
| Hemirhombus ocellatus (Poey, 1860) (Poey, 1860) | synonym |
| Hemirhombus aramaca Günther, 1862 Günther, 1862 | synonym |
| Citharichthys ocellatus (Poey, 1860) (Poey, 1860) | 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.
- Ranzani, C. (1842). De novis speciebus piscium. Dissertatio Secunda. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis, v. 5: 3–21, Pls. 1–7. 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:7B67L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.