| Microchirus Temporal range:
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| Microchirus ocellatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Microchirus Bonaparte, 1833 |
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| Pleuronectes microchirus as a synonym of Microchirus variegatus Delaroche, 1809
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Microchirus is a genus of soles native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:1
- Microchirus azevia (Brito Capello, 1867) (Bastard sole)
- Microchirus boscanion (Chabanaud, 1926) (Lusitanian sole)
- Microchirus frechkopi Chabanaud, 1952 (Frechkop's sole)
- Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Foureyed sole)
- Microchirus theophila (A. Risso, 1810)
- Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808) (Thickback sole)
- Microchirus wittei Chabanaud, 1950 (Banded sole)
One fossil species, †Microchirus abropteryx (Sauvage, 1870) (=Solea proocellata Arambourg, 1927) is known from the Late Miocene of Italy and Algeria.23
References
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microchirus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Gaudant, Jean (2008). "Paléobiodiversité et paléoenvironnements: l'exemple des gisements de poissons téléostéens du Messinien préévaporitique d'Oran et du bassin du Chélif (Algérie)". Geodiversitas. 30 (1): 141–163.
- Gaudant, Jean; Cavallo, Oreste (2008). "The Tortonian-Messinian fish faunas of Piedmont (Italy) and the Adriatic trough: a synthesis dedicated to the memory of Carlo Sturani (1938-1975)" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 47 (2): 177–189.