Oriental sole
Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Also calledMinamishimaushinoshita (jpn) · سمك موسى الأسود (ara) · سمك موسى الشرقي (ara) · ডানচৌকা সারবটি (ben) · ปลาลิ้นควายขนดำ (tha) · ปลาใบไม้ขน (tha) · ミナミシマウシノシタ (jpn) · 東方寬箬鰨 (zho) · 比目魚 (zho) · 鰨沙 (zho) · 龍舌 (zho)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution in the area. Not endemic. Recorded from the Shatt Al-Arab and the from East Al-Hammar marsh.
A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages
description
Description: Body oval and flat, both contours equally arched. Eyes on right side, separated by a scaly space; mouth small, curved, cleft reaching to below middle of lower eye. Dorsal and anal fins joined to caudal fin; pectoral fins well developed. Colour grey or brown with cloudy indistinct patches on eyed side, tinged yellow on blind side; pectoral fin on eyed side darker. Size: 24 cm.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
distribution
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf, then off the west coast of India and Sri Lanka, eastward through the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to China and northern Australia.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
materials_examined
Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3748.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Brachirus orientalis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5962313.