Brachirus
Sign in to saveBrachirus 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilySoleidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 61
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Soleidae
- Collections
- NMV, USNM, WAM, AM, CSIRO, CAS
- Recorded in
- Australia, India, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Malaysia
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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.
==Species== There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: 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) thumb|Brachirus orientalis
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