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Habitat & ecology
- benthic(25)
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IMCRA Bioregions
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Darkspotted Sole
Liachirus melanospilos
(Bleeker 1854)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Liachirus
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Mottled Sole
Pardachirus rautheri
(Chabanaud 1931)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pardachirus
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Island Sole
Aseraggodes bahamondei
Randall & Meléndez 1987
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes
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Zebra Sole
Zebrias quagga
(Kaup 1858)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Zebrias
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Southern Sole
Aseraggodes haackeanus
(Steindachner 1883)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes
- No Photo Available Jaubert Sole Rendahlia jaubertensis (Rendahl 1921) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Rendahlia
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Oriental Sole
Brachirus orientalis
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
- No Photo Available Kimberley Sole Leptachirus klunzingeri (Weber 1907) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Leptachirus
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Southern Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus broadhursti
Waite 1905
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
- No Photo Available Longnose Tongue Sole Cynoglossus macrophthalmus Norman 1926 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
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Shorthead Sole
Brachirus breviceps
Ogilby 1910
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
A rare and poorly known sole from southern Queensland.
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Paradice's Sole
Paradicula setifer
(Paradice 1927)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Paradicula
This spsecies was previously known as Brachirus setifer .
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Hardscale Sole
Phyllichthys sclerolepis
(Macleay 1878)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
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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.
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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.
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Norman's Sole
Aseraggodes normani
Chabanaud 1930
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Aseraggodes
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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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Spotted Sole
Phyllichthys punctatus
McCulloch 1916
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
- No Photo Available Checker Sole Phyllichthys sejunctus Whitley 1935 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Phyllichthys
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Banded-eye Sole
Soleichthys oculofasciatus
Munroe & Menke 2004
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Soleichthys
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Whiteblotched Sole
Soleichthys maculosus
Muchhala & Munro 2004
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Soleichthys
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Annulate Sole
Brachirus annularis
Fowler 1934
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
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Fourline Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus bilineatus
(Lacépède 1802)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
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Japanese Sole
Pseudaesopia japonica
(Bleeker 1860)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Pseudaesopia
- No Photo Available Dusky Sole Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker 1852) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
- No Photo Available Fitzroy Sole Brachirus fitzroiensis (De Vis 1882) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Brachirus
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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.
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Ogilby's Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus ogilbyi
Norman 1926
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
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Deepwater Tongue Sole
Symphurus australis
McCulloch 1907
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Symphurus
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Tufted Sole
Dexillus muelleri
(Steindachner 1879)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Dexillus
This species was previously known as Brachirus muelleri .
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Lemon Tongue Sole
Paraplagusia bilineata
(Bloch 1787)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Paraplagusia
A tan-coloured tongue sole with a marbled pattern of dark wavy lines enclosing pale patches, two lateral lines on the eyed side, none on blind side. In Australia, the Lemon Tongue Sole has also been called Paraplagusia blochii which is a junior synonym.
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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.
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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.
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Freshwater Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus heterolepis
Weber 1910
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
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Suyen's Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus suyeni
Fowler 1934
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
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Pinocchio Tongue Sole
Paraplagusia longirostris
Chapleau, Renaud & Kailola 1991
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Paraplagusia
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Dusky Tongue Sole
Paraplagusia sinerama
Chaplau & Renaud 1993
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Paraplagusia
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Kops' Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus kopsii
(Bleeker 1851)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
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Bloch's Tongue Sole
Paraplagusia blochii
(Bleeker 1851)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Paraplagusia
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Small-lip Tongue Sole
Symphurus microrhynchus
(Weber 1913)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Symphurus
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Hooknose Sole
Heteromycteris hartzfeldii
(Bleeker 1853)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Heteromycteris
A brown sole with irregular whitish lines and spots, and three rows of large black blotches or ocelli along the midline, and along the dorsal and ventral sides of the body.
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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 upper side, dorsal and anal fins with a white margin and a bluish-black submarginal band, and a pale caudal fin with a broad black margin.
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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.
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Manyband Sole
Zebrias scalaris
Gomon 1987
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Zebrias
A pale brown sole with 16-24 darker almost parallel bands across the body and caudal-fin base, bands of equal width or slightly narrower than pale interspaces and usually distinct, though not sharply demarcated from interspaces.
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Wicker-work Sole
Zebrias craticula
(McCulloch 1916)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Zebrias
Head and body with more than 20 numerous narrow dark brown bands with black margins, and often an indistinct band running through the pale interspaces.
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Spotted Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus puncticeps
(Richardson 1846)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus
A yellowish-brown tongue sole with mottled dark brown blotches, often forming irregular cross bands, dark brown dashes along the dorsal and anal fins, and no pelvic fin on the blind side.
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Narrowbanded Sole
Synclidopus macleayanus
(Ramsay 1881)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Synclidopus
A lavender-grey to brownish sole with many well-defined narrow dark charcoal to greyish-brown bands usually slightly wider than the pale spaces between.
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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.
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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).
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Bearded Sole
Liachirus whitleyi
(Chabanaud 1950)
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Soleidae > Liachirus
This species was previously named Aseraggodes whitleyi .