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Synaptura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Soleidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Flatfish

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Similar
  
Flatfish, Brachirus, Zebrias, Microchirus, Aesopia cornuta

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Synaptura is a genus of soles. Most species are found in salt and brackish water in the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Atlantic, but S. salinarum is restricted to fresh water in Australia. The largest species in the genus reaches a length of 50 cm (20 in).

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Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:

  • Synaptura albomaculata Kaup, 1858 (Kaup's sole)
  • Synaptura cadenati Chabanaud, 1948 (Guinean sole)
  • Synaptura commersonnii (Lacépède, 1802) (Commerson's sole)
  • Synaptura lusitanica de Brito Capello, 1868
  • Synaptura lusitanica lusitanica de Brito Capello, 1868 (Portuguese sole)
  • Synaptura lusitanica nigromaculata Pellegrin, 1905
  • Synaptura marginata Boulenger, 1900 (White-margined sole)
  • Synaptura megalepidoura (Fowler, 1934)
  • Synaptura salinarum (J. D. Ogilby, 1910) (Saltpan sole)

    • References

    Synaptura Wikipedia
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