# Austroglossus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Austroglossus microlepis.jpg
| image_caption = West Coast Sole ''(A. microlepis)''
| taxon = Austroglossus
| authority = [Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1920
| type_species = ''Synaptura pectoralis''
| type_species_authority = Kaup, 1858
}}

'''''Austroglossus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [soles](/source/Soleidae) native to the [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) coast of [southern Africa](/source/southern_Africa).

==Species==
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Austroglossus| month = December | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Austroglossus microlepis](/source/Austroglossus_microlepis)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1863)</small> (West coast sole)
* ''[Austroglossus pectoralis](/source/Austroglossus_pectoralis)'' <small>([Kaup](/source/Johann_Jakob_Kaup), 1858)</small> (Mud sole)

==References==
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Category:Soleidae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan

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