{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status= LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Munroe, T. |date=2016 |title=''Dexillus muelleri'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T69780520A69782117 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69780520A69782117.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Dexillus | parent_authority = Chabanaud, 1930 | species = muelleri | authority = (Steindachner, 1879) | synonyms = *''Brachirus muelleri'' <small>(Steindachner, 1879)</small> *''Dexillichthys muelleri'' <small>(Steindachner, 1879)</small> *''Strandichthys muelleri'' <small>(Steindachner, 1879)</small> *''Synaptura arafurensis'' <small>Günther, 1880</small> *''Synaptura muelleri'' <small>Steindachner, 1879</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = FB>{{FishBase|Dexillus|muelleri|month=February|year=2019}}</ref> }} The '''tufted sole''' (''Dexillus muelleri'') is a species of flatfish from the family of true soles Soleidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Dexillus''. It is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
The tufted sole is found over seabeds which consist of sand, mud, gravel, and sea grass bottoms on the inner continental shelf, they are frequently recorded as coming into bays and the mouths of estuaries. They feed on a variety of benthic invertebrates and the maximum recorded standard length for this species is 221mm.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" />
This species has been recorded from India and Sri Lanka, east through the Malay Archipelago and northern Australia to Tonga, Fiji and American Samoa.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /> Its northern limit is the Philippines.<ref name = FB/> It is of minor commercial importance.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" />
Two other species, ''Brachirus macrolepis'' and ''Synaptura megalepidoura'', which have both been placed by some authors in the genus ''Brachirus'', alongside ''Dexillus muelleri'', are also placed in the genus ''Dexillus'' by some authorities.<ref name = Ottawa>{{cite web | url = https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/27873 | title = Taxonomic revision of the genera ''Achiroides'', ''Brachirus'', ''Dexillus'', and ''Paradicula'' (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) | year = 2007 | publisher = University of Ottawa | author = Krystal-Lynn Lapierre}}</ref>
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Category:Soleidae Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner Category:Fish described in 1879