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Peacock sole
Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacepède, 1802)
Also calledMinamiushinoshita (jpn) · Sisa Nabi (msa) · Sogliola pavonina (ita) · Sole ocellée (fra) · Sole-paon (fra) · jazyk paví (ces) · ปลาลิ้นควายจุด (tha) · ปลาลิ้นหมาลายนกยูง (tha) · ミナミウシノシタ (jpn) · 比目魚 (zho) · 眼斑豹鰨 (zho) · 鰨沙 (zho) · 龍舌 (zho)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Common Name: Peacock Sole Observation Site: The species was observed and photographed in the rocky reefs of Kovalam (8 ° 23 ′ 34.6 ″ N, 76 ° 58 ′ 24.2 ″ E to 8 ° 23 ′ 34.4 ″ N, 76 ° 58 ′ 21.6 ″ E) at a depth of 1.6 m on 13 January 2017.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
diagnosis
Diagnosis: The species is highly camouflaged against the sandy bottom. The body is brownish yellow with dense spotting, with spots of various shapes and sizes. These spots are grey with black centers and black edges. The eyes are positioned on the dorsal side of the body.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
discussion
Remarks: This species was previously recorded in the author's studies (Baiju et al., 2016; Baiju et al., 2019).
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
distribution
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka eastward to Samoa and Tonga, north to Japan, and south to Onslow and Australia.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Pardachirus pavoninus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2410261.