Brachirus
Genus of fishes
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Brachirus is a genus of small and medium-sized soles. Most are native to marine and brackish waters in the Indo-Pacific, but several species can also be seen freshwater in southern Asia, Eastern Africa, New Guinea and Australia.
| Brachirus | |
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| Brachirus panoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Brachirus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Pleuronectes orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | |
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Brachirus annularis Fowler, 1934 (Annular sole)
- Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker, 1852)
- Brachirus breviceps Ogilby, 1910 (Shorthead sole)
- Brachirus fitzroiensis (De Vis, 1882)
- Brachirus harmandi (Sauvage, 1878)
- Brachirus macrolepis (Bleeker, 1858)
- Brachirus niger (W. J. Macleay, 1880) (Black sole)
- Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Oriental sole)
- Brachirus pan (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Pan sole)
- Brachirus panoides (Bleeker, 1851)
- Brachirus salinarum Ogilby, 1910
- Brachirus sayaensis Voronina, 2019
- Brachirus selheimi (W. J. Macleay, 1882) (Selheim's sole)
- Brachirus siamensis (Sauvage, 1878)
- Brachirus swinhonis (Steindachner, 1867)
- Brachirus villosus (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Velvety sole)
