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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


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Pleuronectiformes – flatfishes, flounders, soles, limandes, plies, poissons plats
	Suborder	Pleuronectoidei
	Family	Soleidae – soles, soles, suelas soles
	Genus	Brachirus 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

Geographic Information


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Comments


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