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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: Monochirus
Species: M. hispidus – M. trichodactylus
Name

Monochirus Rafinesque, 1814
Gender: masculine
Type species: Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814

Monochirus hispidus

Monochirus hispidus

References

Monochirus in the World Register of Marine Species

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.[1][2]
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]

Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814 (Whiskered sole)
Monochirus trichodactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Monochirus hispidus" in FishBase. May 2014 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Monochirus trichodactylus" in FishBase. May 2014 version.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Monochirus in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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