Monochirus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Monochirus hispidus.jpg

| image_caption = Monochirus hispidus

| taxon = Monochirus

| authority = Rafinesque, 1814

| type_species = Monochirus hispidus

| type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1814

}}

Monochirus is a genus of small soles. It contains two species; one from the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, and the second from the South China Sea.{{FishBase | genus = Monochirus | species= hispidus | month = May | year = 2014}}{{FishBase | genus = Monochirus | species= trichodactylus| month = May | year = 2014}}