Brachirus

Brachirus
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

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: ^[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)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brachirus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 January 2016.