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Brachirus  Swainson, 1839
Taxonomic Serial No.: 166921

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Synaptura Cantor, 1849
  
    Euryglossa Kaup, 1858
  
    Achlyopa Whitley, 1947
  
    Heterobuglossus Chabanaud, 1931
  
    Trichobrachirus Chabanaud, 1943
  
    Chabanaudetta Whitley, 1931
  
    Solea (Brachirus) Swainson, 1839
  
    Synaptura (Anisochirus) Günther, 1862
  
  Common Name(s): zebra firefishes [English]
  
    zebra fishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPleuronectiformes  – flatfishes, flounders, soles, limandes, plies, poissons plats  
                               SuborderPleuronectoidei   
                                  FamilySoleidae  – soles, soles, suelas soles  
                                     GenusBrachirus Swainson, 1839 – zebra firefishes, zebra fishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Brachirus annularis Fowler, 1934  
                                        Species Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker, 1852)  
                                        Species Brachirus breviceps Ogilby, 1910  
                                        Species Brachirus dicholepis (Peters, 1877)  
                                        Species Brachirus elongatus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940)  
                                        Species Brachirus fitzroiensis (De Vis, 1882)  
                                        Species Brachirus harmandi (Sauvage, 1878)  
                                        Species Brachirus heterolepis (Bleeker, 1856)  
                                        Species Brachirus macrolepis (Bleeker, 1858)  
                                        Species Brachirus marmoratus (Bleeker, 1853)  
                                        Species Brachirus nigra (Macleay, 1880) – black sole 
                                        Species Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) – black sole, Oriental black sole, Oriental sole 
                                        Species Brachirus pan (Hamilton, 1822)  
                                        Species Brachirus panoides (Bleeker, 1851)  
                                        Species Brachirus salinarum Ogilby, 1910  
                                        Species Brachirus selheimi (Macleay, 1882)  
                                        Species Brachirus siamensis (Sauvage, 1878)  
                                        Species Brachirus sorsogonensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907)  
                                        Species Brachirus swinhonis (Steindachner, 1867)  
                                        Species Brachirus villosus (Weber, 1907)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Thomas A. Munroe  
  Notes: Systematic Zoologist, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Brachirus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014, website (version 31-Oct-14)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014   
  Reference for: Brachirus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Brachirus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Desoutter, Martine, Thomas A. Munroe, and François Chapleau  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nomenclatural status of Brachirus Swainson, Synaptura Cantor and Euryglossa Kaup (Soleidae, Pleuronectiformes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Research, vol. 48, issue 3   
  Page(s): 325-327   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1341-8998   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Brachirus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Brachirus   
       

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