Biology:Pardachirus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
Pardachirus | |
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Southern Peacock Sole (P. hedleyi) | |
Persian Carpet Sole (P. morrowi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Soleidae |
Genus: | Pardachirus Günther, 1862 |
Type species | |
Achirus marmoratus Lacepède, 1802
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Synonyms | |
Normanetta Whitley, 1931 |
Pardachirus is a genus of soles mainly native to coastal water in the Indo-Pacific. A single species, P. poropterus is restricted to estuaries and lower sections of freshwater streams.[1] At least some species in the genus are toxic.[2]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Pardachirus balius J. E. Randall & Mee, 1994 (Piebald sole)
- Pardachirus hedleyi J. D. Ogilby, 1916 (Southern peacock sole)
- Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacépède, 1802) (Finless sole)
- Pardachirus morrowi (Chabanaud, 1954) (Persian carpet sole)
- Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacépède, 1802) (Peacock sole)
- Pardachirus poropterus (Bleeker, 1851) (Estuary sole)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pardachirus poropterus" in FishBase. May 2014 version.
- ↑ Randall, J. E. (2007). Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. ISBN:1-929054-03-3
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pardachirus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q589325 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardachirus.
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