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

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It sits within the topics Freshwater fish genera, Soleidae and Taxa named by John Ernest Randall.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPleuronectiformes
  5. FamilySoleidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater

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Specimen records
32
Family
Soleidae
Collections
USNM, WAM, AM, MAGNT
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Soleidae
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taxon name
Leptachirus
taxon rank
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Leptachirus is a genus of small soles native to brackish and fresh water in New Guinea and northern Australia.

==Species== There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: Leptachirus alleni J. E. Randall, 2007 (Allen's Sole) Leptachirus bensbach J. E. Randall, 2007 (Bensbach River Sole) Leptachirus darwinensis J. E. Randall, 2007 (Darwin Sole) Leptachirus kikori J. E. Randall, 2007 (Kikori River Sole) Leptachirus klunzingeri (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Tailed sole) Leptachirus lorentz J. E. Randall, 2007 (Lorentz River Sole) Leptachirus polylepis J. E. Randall, 2007 (Manyscale Sole) Leptachirus robertsi J. E. Randall, 2007 (Robert's Sole) Leptachirus triramus J. E. Randall, 2007 (Three-line Sole)

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