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Microchirus
Sign in to saveMicrochirus is a genus of soles native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Species
Four-eyed Sole
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilySoleidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Soleidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS, UF, NHMUK, ZMUC, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Italy, Nigeria, Mauritania, N/A
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Microchirus is a genus of soles native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
==Species== There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: Microchirus azevia (Brito Capello, 1867) (Bastard sole) Microchirus boscanion (Chabanaud, 1926) (Lusitanian sole) Microchirus frechkopi Chabanaud, 1952 (Frechkop's sole) Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Foureyed sole) Microchirus theophila (A. Risso, 1810) Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808) (Thickback sole) Microchirus wittei Chabanaud, 1950 (Banded sole) One fossil species, †Microchirus abropteryx (Sauvage, 1870) (=Solea proocellata Arambourg, 1927) is known from the Late Miocene of Italy and Algeria.
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