Leptachirus is a genus of small soles native to brackish and fresh water in New Guinea and northern Australia.[1]

Leptachirus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Soleidae
Genus: Leptachirus
J. E. Randall, 2007
Type species
Leptachirus alleni
Randall, 2007

Species edit

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Randall, J.E. (2007). Leptachirus, a new soleid fish genus from New Guinea and northern Australia, with descriptions of eight new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24:81-108.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Leptachirus in FishBase. December 2012 version.