Pardachirus

Pardachirus is a genus of soles mainly native to coastal water in the Indo-Pacific. A single species, P. poropterus is restricted to estuaries and lower sections of freshwater streams.^[1] At least some species in the genus are toxic.^[2]

Pardachirus
Southern Peacock Sole (P. hedleyi)
Persian Carpet Sole (P. morrowi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Soleidae
Genus:	Pardachirus Günther, 1862
Type species
Achirus marmoratus Lacepède, 1802
Synonyms
Normanetta Whitley, 1931

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Pardachirus balius J. E. Randall & Mee, 1994 (Piebald sole)
• Pardachirus hedleyi J. D. Ogilby, 1916 (Southern peacock sole)
• Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacépède, 1802) (Finless sole)
• Pardachirus morrowi (Chabanaud, 1954) (Persian carpet sole)
• Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacépède, 1802) (Peacock sole)
• Pardachirus poropterus (Bleeker, 1851) (Estuary sole)