Synaptura

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Synaptura
Synaptura commersoniana - 1866-1872 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ14000231.tif
Synaptura commersoniana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Soleidae
Genus: Synaptura
Cantor, 1849
Type species
Pleuronectes orientalis see text
Swainson, 1839

Synaptura is a genus of soles. Most species are found in salt and brackish water in the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Atlantic, but S. salinarum is restricted to fresh water in Australia. The largest species in the genus reaches a length of 50 cm (20 in).[1]

Paul Chabanaud retained the genus named Synaptura for this group and he designated Pleuronectes commersonniias its type species. This designation is incorrect according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and Synaptura as designated by Theodore Edward Cantor is a synonym of Brachirus. Due to this some workers have assigned the species previously assigned to Synaptura, as raised by Chabanaud to Dagetichthys, a previously monotypic genus which contained just Dagetichthys lakdoensis. This more broadly defined Dagetichthys for a monophyletic clade. Buglossidium luteum seems to be the most closely related taxon to Dagetichthys.[2]

Species[]

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Synaptura in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. ^ J. Vachon; François Chapleau & M. Desoutter-Meniger (2007). "Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of Dagetichthys and Synaptura (Soleidae)". Cybium. 31: 401–416.


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