original description(ofPleuronectes scapha Forster, 1801)Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary page(s): 163 [details]
basis of recordManter, H.W. (1954). Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 82: 475-568.[details]