Depth range
States & territories
- Queensland(40)
- Western Australia(33)
- Northern Territory(27)
- New South Wales(16)
- South Australia(6)
- Victoria(5)
- Tasmania(4)
- Norfolk Island(1)
- Christmas Island(1)
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands(1)
GeoZone
- N coast(10)
- Gulf of Carpentaria(8)
- NW coast(7)
- NE coast(6)
- Central W coast(5)
- Central E coast(5)
- Lower W coast(4)
- SW coast(3)
- Great Australian Bight(2)
- Great Barrier Reef(2)
- S Gulfs coast(2)
- NE coastal(1)
- NW oceanic(1)
- SE oceanic(1)
Habitat & ecology
Localities/regions
- Great Barrier Reef(8)
- Moreton Bay Region(6)
- Sydney Harbour(5)
- Gulf of Carpentaria(5)
- Darwin Harbour(4)
- Port Phillip(2)
- Lord Howe Province(1)
- Bass Strait(1)
- SA Gulfs(1)
- Kimberley(1)
- Derwent Estuary(1)
IMCRA Bioregions
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Southern Peacock Sole
Pardachirus hedleyi
Ogilby 1916
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pardachirus
A brownish sole with dark-edged white blotches and scattered darker blotches on the upper side.
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Peacock Sole
Pardachirus pavoninus
(Lacépède 1802)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pardachirus
Reddish-brown to pale brown with a densely spotted head, spots of various shapes and sizes on the body and fins of the eyed-side, spots with a dark border and often a blackish central spot.
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Mottled Sole
Pardachirus rautheri
(Chabanaud 1931)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pardachirus
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Spotted Sole
Phyllichthys punctatus
McCulloch 1916
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
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Hardscale Sole
Phyllichthys sclerolepis
(Macleay 1878)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
- No Photo Available Checker Sole Phyllichthys sejunctus Whitley 1935 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
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Japanese Sole
Pseudaesopia japonica
(Bleeker 1860)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pseudaesopia
- No Photo Available Jaubert Sole Rendahlia jaubertensis (Rendahl 1921) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Rendahlia
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Tiger Sole
Soleichthys heterorhinos
(Bleeker 1856)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Soleichthys
A white to reddish-brown sole with numerous narrow dark brown bars or lines across the eyed side, a white margin and a bluish-black submarginal band on the dorsal and anal fins, and a pale caudal fin with a broad black margin. The species has a tubular anterior nostril the is longer than the eye diamter.
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Whiteblotched Sole
Soleichthys maculosus
Muchhala & Munro 2004
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Soleichthys