| Pardachirus | |
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| Southern Peacock Sole (P. hedleyi) | |
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| Persian Carpet Sole (P. morrowi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Pardachirus Günther, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Achirus marmoratus Lacepède, 1802
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| Synonyms | |
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Normanetta Whitley, 1931 | |
Pardachirus is a genus of soles mainly native to coastal water in the Indo-Pacific. A single species, P. poropterus is restricted to estuaries and lower sections of freshwater streams.1 At least some species in the genus are toxic.2
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:3
- Pardachirus balius J. E. Randall & Mee, 1994 (Piebald sole)
- Pardachirus hedleyi J. D. Ogilby, 1916 (Southern peacock sole)
- Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacépède, 1802) (Finless sole)
- Pardachirus morrowi (Chabanaud, 1954) (Persian carpet sole)
- Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacépède, 1802) (Peacock sole)
- Pardachirus poropterus (Bleeker, 1851) (Estuary sole)
References
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pardachirus poropterus". FishBase. May 2014 version.
- Randall, J. E. (2007). Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. ISBN 1-929054-03-3
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pardachirus". FishBase. December 2012 version.