Dagetichthys
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''Dagetichthys'' is a
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of soles. They are found in salt and brackish water in the East Atlantic and Eastern Indian Ocean, but ''D. lakdoensis'' is restricted to fresh water in Cameroon.


Taxonomy

''Dagetichthys'' was previously a
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genus which contained just ''D. lakdoensis''. ''
Synaptura ''Synaptura'' is a genus of soles. Most species are found in salt and brackish water in the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Atlantic, but ''S. salinarum'' is restricted to fresh water in Australia. The largest species in the genus reaches a len ...
'' was considered an incorrect designation by the
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and their species were added here.


Species

Three species are recognized as valid: * '' Dagetichthys lakdoensis'' Stauch & Blanc, 1964 * '' Dagetichthys lusitanicusa'' ( Brito Capello, 1868) * '' Dagetichthys marginatus'' (Boulenger, 1900)


References

Soleidae {{Pleuronectiformes-stub