Monochirus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Monochirus hispidus France.jpg | image_caption = ''Monochirus hispidus'' | taxon = Monochirus | authority = Rafinesque, 1814 | type_species = ''Monochirus hispidus'' | type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1814 }}

'''''Monochirus''''' is a genus of small soles. It contains two species; one from the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, and the second from the South China Sea.<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Monochirus | species= hispidus | month = May | year = 2014}}</ref><ref>{{FishBase | genus = Monochirus | species= trichodactylus| month = May | year = 2014}}</ref>

==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Monochirus| month = December | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Monochirus hispidus'' <small>Rafinesque, 1814</small> (Whiskered sole) * ''Monochirus trichodactylus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

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Category:Soleidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque