{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Feshwater_sole.jpg | image_caption =''Brachirus panoides'' | taxon = Brachirus | authority = Swainson, 1839 | type_species = ''Pleuronectes orientalis'' | type_species_authority = Bloch & Schneider, 1801 }}
'''''Brachirus''''' is a genus of small and medium-sized soles. Most are native to marine and brackish waters in the Indo-Pacific, but several species can also be seen freshwater in southern Asia, Eastern Africa, New Guinea and Australia.
==Species== There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus | genus = Brachirus| access-date = 15 January 2016}}</ref> * ''Brachirus annularis'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> (Annular sole) * ''Brachirus aspilos'' <small>(Bleeker, 1852)</small> * ''Brachirus breviceps'' <small>Ogilby, 1910</small> (Shorthead sole) * ''Brachirus fitzroiensis'' <small>(De Vis, 1882)</small> * ''Brachirus harmandi'' <small>(Sauvage, 1878)</small> * ''Brachirus macrolepis'' <small>(Bleeker, 1858)</small> * ''Brachirus niger'' <small>(W. J. Macleay, 1880)</small> (Black sole) * ''Brachirus orientalis'' <small>(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)</small> (Oriental sole) * ''Brachirus pan'' <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> (Pan sole) * ''Brachirus panoides'' <small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small> * ''Brachirus salinarum'' <small>Ogilby, 1910</small> * ''Brachirus sayaensis'' <small>Voronina, 2019</small> * ''Brachirus selheimi'' <small>(W. J. Macleay, 1882)</small> (Selheim's sole) * ''Brachirus siamensis'' <small>(Sauvage, 1878)</small> * ''Brachirus swinhonis'' <small>(Steindachner, 1867)</small> * ''Brachirus villosus'' <small>(M. C. W. Weber, 1907)</small> (Velvety sole) thumb|''Brachirus orientalis''
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Category:Soleidae Category:Actinopterygii genera Category:Taxa named by William Swainson
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