''Phyllichthys'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
soles native to the Western
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...
and Eastern
Indian oceans.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Phyllichthys punctatus''
McCulloch, 1916 (Spotted sole)
* ''
Phyllichthys sclerolepis''
( W. J. Macleay, 1878)
* ''
Phyllichthys sejunctus''
Whitley, 1935
References
Soleidae
Taxa named by Allan Riverstone McCulloch
Marine fish genera
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