Zebrias

Zebrias
Zebrias zebra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Pleuronectiformes
Family:Soleidae
Genus:Zebrias
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900
Type species
Solea zebrina
Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Synonyms
  • Haplozebrias Chabanaud, 1943
  • Holonodus Chabanaud, 1936
  • Nematozebrias Chabanaud, 1943
  • Pseudaesopia Chabanaud, 1934
  • Strabozebrias Chabanaud, 1943

Zebrias is a genus of soles native to coastal waters in the Indo-Pacific and southern Australia. All species in the genus have clear dark and pale stripes (resembling the related Aesopia and Pseudaesopia), and at least some are toxic.[1]

Species

The 18 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Zebrias altipinnis (Alcock, 1890)
  • Zebrias annandalei Talwar & Chakrapany, 1967
  • Zebrias cancellatus (McCulloch, 1916) (harrowed sole)
  • Zebrias captivus J. E. Randall, 1995 (convict zebra sole)
  • Zebrias craticula (McCulloch, 1916) (Wickerwork sole)
  • Zebrias crossolepis P. S. Cheng & Y. W. Chang, 1965
  • Zebrias fasciatus (Basilewsky, 1855)
  • Zebrias keralensis Joglekar, 1976
  • Zebrias lucapensis Seigel & Adamson, 1985
  • Zebrias maculosus Oommen, 1977
  • Zebrias munroi (Whitley, 1966)
  • Zebrias penescalaris M. F. Gomon, 1987 (duskybanded sole)
  • Zebrias quagga (Kaup, 1858) (fringefin zebra sole)
  • Zebrias regani (Gilchrist, 1906) (South African zebra sole)
  • Zebrias scalaris M. F. Gomon, 1987 (many-band sole)
  • Zebrias synapturoides (J. T. Jenkins, 1910) (Indian zebra sole)
  • Zebrias zebra (Bloch, 1787) (zebra sole)
  • Zebrias zebrinus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

References

  1. Elst, R. van der (1997) A Guide to the Common Sea Fishes of South Africa. ISBN 978-1868253944
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Zebrias in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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