Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani 1842)

Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Santos, Bruna S., Semedo, Thiago B. F., Garcia, Lucas Canes & Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, 2023, The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens, Zootaxa 5391 (1), pp. 1-85 : 43-45

Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani 1842)

Extant specimens: ACL-HN-0053 ( Fig. 30 ).

Classification on the specimen: “P. Th. Pleuronectes papillosus ”.

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): “Linguado”/ “Aramacã”.

Comments: This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. Fifteen herborized specimens of Pleuronectes are listed in the Ajuda’s inventory ( Ferreira, 1794), and two specimens of P. papillosus are mentioned in the transference document to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. Two additional specimens are also mentioned in the transference list to the University of Coimbra but are missing. This species is described in the Ichthyologia Fluminensis manuscript and includes the same common names as the ones on the herbarium sheet, except that the indigenous name is written “Aramacá”. Antunes & Balbino (2003) identified the specimen as Ancylopsetta kumperae Tyler 1959 . Paralichthys brasiliensis occurs in the Southwestern Atlantic from Maranhão to Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil) ( Figueiredo & Menezes 2000). Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus 1758 (= Syacium papillosum ) is also a Western Atlantic paralichthyid, but distinct from species of the genus Paralichthys by possessing a less arched lateral line.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani 1842), ACL-HN-0053, 280 mm SL. Photo by Luis M. P. Ceríaco.