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  • No Photo Available Darwin Sole Leptachirus darwinensis Randall 2007 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Leptachirus A small narrow mottled brown sole with a row of eye-sized dark brown blotches along the dorsal and anal fin bases, several larger blotches along the lateral line, dark brown blotches on the caudal-fin base, and small spots scattered on the caudal fin.
  • Deepwater Tongue Sole Deepwater Tongue Sole Symphurus australis McCulloch 1907 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Symphurus
  • No Photo Available Dusky Sole Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker 1852) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
  • Dusky Tongue Sole Dusky Tongue Sole Paraplagusia sinerama Chaplau & Renaud 1993 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Paraplagusia
  • Duskybanded Sole Duskybanded Sole Zebrias penescalaris Gomon 1987 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Zebrias A brownish sole with 16-22 slightly darker almost parallel bands across the body and caudal-fin base, bands of equal width or slightly narrower than paler interspaces and difficult to distinguish from interspaces; blind side pale. The dorsal and anal fins are dusky to dark with a narrow pale margin on both sides.
  • No Photo Available Fitzroy Sole Brachirus fitzroiensis (De Vis 1882) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
  • Fourline Tongue Sole Fourline Tongue Sole Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacépède 1802) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
  • Freshwater Sole Freshwater Sole Brachirus selheimi (Macleay 1882) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus A brown freshwater to estuarine sole with numerous dark brown to blackish spots and blotches that extend onto the fins, and a whitish underside.
  • Freshwater Tongue Sole Freshwater Tongue Sole Cynoglossus heterolepis Weber 1910 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
  • Grey Mirrorbelly Grey Mirrorbelly Monacoa griseus Poulsen, Sado, Hahn, Byrkjedal, Moku & Miya 2016 Actinopterygii > Argentiniformes > Opisthoproctidae > Monacoa A mirrorbelly with a prominent snout protruding into a distinct tube, the anal fin easily discernible, situated on the posterior outer margin of the "sole". The posterior part of the "sole" (flattened underside) is darkly/uniformly pigmented, with an abrupt change in pigmentation in front of pelvic fins, including a weaker pigment blotch in front of this abrupt change. In species of the genus  Monacoa,  bioluminescence from the rectal light bulb is produced by the bacteria  Photobacterium phosphoreum. This species was previously known as  Opisthoproctus grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911.
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