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''Brachirus'' 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 small and medium-sized soles. Most are native to marine and
brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...
waters in the
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, but several species can also be seen freshwater in southern
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Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus: * '' Brachirus aenea'' ( H. M. Smith, 1931) * '' Brachirus annularis'' Fowler, 1934 (Annular sole) * '' Brachirus aspilos'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Brachirus dicholepis'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1877) * '' Brachirus elongatus'' ( Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940) (Mekong blind sole) * '' Brachirus harmandi'' ( Sauvage, 1878) * '' Brachirus heterolepis'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Brachirus macrolepis'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Brachirus niger'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1880) (Black sole) * '' Brachirus orientalis'' (
Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include: A *Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925), Austrian entrepreneur *Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter *Alexandre Bloch (1857–1919), French painter *Alfred Bloch ( ...
& J. G. Schneider, 1801)
(Oriental sole) * '' Brachirus pan'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Pan sole) * '' Brachirus panoides'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Brachirus selheimi'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1882) (Selheim's sole) * '' Brachirus siamensis'' ( Sauvage, 1878) * '' Brachirus sorsogonensis'' ( Evermann & Seale, 1907) (One-eyed sole) * '' Brachirus swinhonis'' (
Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
, 1867)
* '' Brachirus villosus'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Velvety sole)


References

Soleidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by William Swainson {{Pleuronectiformes-stub