Brachirus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Feshwater_sole.jpg
| image_caption =Brachirus panoides
| taxon = Brachirus
| authority = Swainson, 1839
| type_species = Pleuronectes orientalis
| type_species_authority = 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 18 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Brachirus| month = December | year = 2012}}
- Brachirus aenea (H. M. Smith, 1931)
- Brachirus annularis Fowler, 1934 (Annular sole)
- Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker, 1852)
- Brachirus dicholepis (W. K. H. Peters, 1877)
- Brachirus elongatus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940) (Mekong blind sole)
- Brachirus harmandi (Sauvage, 1878)
- Brachirus heterolepis (Bleeker, 1856)
- 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 selheimi (W. J. Macleay, 1882) (Selheim's sole)
- Brachirus siamensis (Sauvage, 1878)
- Brachirus sorsogonensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907) (One-eyed sole)
- Brachirus swinhonis (Steindachner, 1867)
- Brachirus villosus (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Velvety sole)
References
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Category:Ray-finned fish genera
Category:Taxa named by William Swainson
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