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True Soles
Soleidae
The true soles are a family, Soleidae, of flatfishes. It includes saltwater and brackish water species in the East Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and West and Central Pacific Ocean. Freshwater species are found in Africa, southern Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.
31 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 179 known species
Pardachirus
genusPardachirus
Solea
genusSolea
Pegusa
genusPegusa
Soleichthys
genusSoleichthys
Aseraggodes
genusAseraggodes
Buglossidium
genusBuglossidium
Brachirus
genusBrachirus
Zebrias
genusZebrias
Liachirus
genusLiachirus
Synapturichthys
genusSynapturichthys
Heteromycteris
genusHeteromycteris
Dagetichthys
genusDagetichthys
Monochirus
genusMonochirus
Microchirus
genusMicrochirus
Aesopia
genusAesopia
Dicologlossa
genusDicologlossa
Synclidopus
genusSynclidopus
Achiroides
genusAchiroides
Leptachirus
genusLeptachirus
Barnardichthys
genusBarnardichthys
Phyllichthys
genusPhyllichthys
Pseudaesopia
genusPseudaesopia
Typhlachirus
genusTyphlachirus
Austroglossus
genusAustroglossus
Dexillus
genusDexillus
Paradicula
genusParadicula
Vanstraelenia
genusVanstraelenia
Barbourichthys
genusBarbourichthys
Bathysolea
genusBathysolea
Rhinosolea
genusRhinosolea
Rendahlia
genusRendahlia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55397.