Abstract
A complete catalogue is provided for the type specimens of flatfishes curated in the ichthyological collection of the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg. The collection contains a total of 138 type specimens, representing 25 species and one subspecies of eight different flatfish families. The catalogue includes: photographs of type specimens, radiographs of holotypes or largest syntypes, number of specimens, original sampling data (locality, coordinates, depth, collection date and collector), and select morphometric characters for each specimen.
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