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  • Thickray Sole Thickray Sole Aesopia cornuta Kaup 1858 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aesopia A greyish to yellowish-brown sole, with darker 12-16 bars edged with black on the head, body and fins, and a black caudal fin with bright yellow blotches. The first dorsal-fin ray is elongate and thickened with many hair-like projections on the upper surface. The Thickray Sole often lies buried in sand with only the eyes exposed.
  • Spotted Flounder Spotted Flounder Ammotretis lituratus (Richardson 1844) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Rhombosoleidae > Ammotretis A well-camouflaged beige, sandy or greyish flounder, sometimes with a number of darker spots scattered on the head, body and/or fins.
  • Longsnout Flounder Longsnout Flounder Ammotretis rostratus Günther 1862 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Rhombosoleidae > Ammotretis A sandy-coloured to pale brown flounder speckled with variable darker spots, and a whitish pectoral fin on the blind side (underside). The Longsnout Flounder has both eyes on the right side of the head, the dorsal fin originating at the tip of the hooked snout, and two pelvic fins This is the most common flounder in Port Phillip, Victoria - mostly extremely well-camouflaged juveniles that are difficult to see.
  • Island Sole Island Sole Aseraggodes bahamondei Randall & Meléndez 1987 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes
  • Cryptic Sole Cryptic Sole Aseraggodes crypticus Randall & Allen 2007 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes A rare mottled sole with a white, brown and black variegated pattern. This small sole is found only at the Australian Territory of Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean.
  • Southern Sole Southern Sole Aseraggodes haackeanus (Steindachner 1883) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes
  • Peppered Sole Peppered Sole Aseraggodes lenisquamis Randall 2005 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes An pale brown to orange-brown sole with diffuse blackish blotches on the upper side (the three along lateral line and one above the first blotch the largest), numerous small, irregular, dark-edged whitish spots on the head and body, and greyish-brown fin rays with small dark-edged whitish spots and white ray tips.
  • Dappled Sole Dappled Sole Aseraggodes melanostictus (Peters 1877) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes A pale brown sole with darker scale edges, faint irregular dark–edged pale markings over head and body, and very irregular dark brown blotches, most much larger than eye, the two largest on lateral line to either side of middle of body; fins with dark dots (Randall 2005).
  • Norman's Sole Norman's Sole Aseraggodes normani Chabanaud 1930 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes
  • Annulate Sole Annulate Sole Brachirus annularis Fowler 1934 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
  • No Photo Available Dusky Sole Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker 1852) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
  • Shorthead Sole Shorthead Sole Brachirus breviceps Ogilby 1910 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus A rare and poorly known sole from southern Queensland.
  • No Photo Available Fitzroy Sole Brachirus fitzroiensis (De Vis 1882) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
  • Black Sole Black Sole Brachirus niger (Macleay 1880) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus A uniformly blackish or pale brownish sole with large patches of dark brown cirri, blackish pectoral fins, and a narrow whitish margin on the dorsal, anal and caudal fins. The blind side cream to whitish. This species has frequently been referred to as Brachirus nigra .
  • Oriental Sole Oriental Sole Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
  • Saltpan Sole Saltpan Sole Brachirus salinarum Ogilby 1910 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus A brown to tan freshwater sole with irregular darker brown blotches, and a white underside.
  • 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.
  • Fourline Tongue Sole Fourline Tongue Sole Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacépède 1802) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
  • Southern Tongue Sole Southern Tongue Sole Cynoglossus broadhursti Waite 1905 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
  • Freshwater Tongue Sole Freshwater Tongue Sole Cynoglossus heterolepis Weber 1910 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
  • Kops' Tongue Sole Kops' Tongue Sole Cynoglossus kopsii (Bleeker 1851) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
  • McCulloch's Tongue Sole McCulloch's Tongue Sole Cynoglossus maccullochi Norman 1926 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus A brown tongue sole with some freckling and diffuse blotches no the body.
  • No Photo Available Longnose Tongue Sole Cynoglossus macrophthalmus Norman 1926 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
  • Spotfin Tongue Sole Spotfin Tongue Sole Cynoglossus maculipinnis Rendahl 1921 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus A brown tongue sole with a pair of prominent round black spots on the rear third of the body.
  • Ogilby's Tongue Sole Ogilby's Tongue Sole Cynoglossus ogilbyi Norman 1926 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
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