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  • Southern Peacock Sole 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. 
  • Peacock Sole 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.
  • Mottled Sole Mottled Sole Pardachirus rautheri (Chabanaud 1931) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pardachirus
  • Spotted Sole Spotted Sole Phyllichthys punctatus McCulloch 1916 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
  • Hardscale Sole Hardscale Sole Phyllichthys sclerolepis (Macleay 1878) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
  • No Photo Available Checker Sole Phyllichthys sejunctus Whitley 1935 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
  • Japanese Sole Japanese Sole Pseudaesopia japonica (Bleeker 1860) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pseudaesopia
  • No Photo Available Jaubert Sole Rendahlia jaubertensis (Rendahl 1921) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Rendahlia
  • Tiger Sole 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. 
  • Whiteblotched Sole Whiteblotched Sole Soleichthys maculosus Muchhala & Munro 2004 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Soleichthys
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