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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Soleoidei

Familia: Soleidae
Genus: Brachirus
Species: B. aenea – B. aspilos – B. dicholepis – B. elongatus – B. harmandi – B. heterolepis – B. macrolepis – B. muelleri – B. orientalis – B. pan – B. panoides – B. salinarum – B. selheimi – B. siamensis – B. sorsogonensis – B. swinhonis – B. villosa
Name

Brachirus Swainson, 1839

Synonyms

Euryglossa Kaup, 1858
Dexillus Chabanaud, 1930

References

Brachirus Swainson, 1839 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: Zebra fish, Zebra firefish
ไทย: ปลาลิ้นหมา, ปลาลิ้นควาย, ปลาใบไม้

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:[1]

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

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Brachirus in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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