Species that contain: Brachirus and orientalis [ 7 ] records

cinerascens, Synaptura Günther [A.] 1862:482 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1854.3.21.30. •Valid as Brachirus cinerascens (Günther 1862) -- (Voronina 2019:423 [ref. 36809]). •Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:464 [ref. 32989] with question, Desoutter-Meniger & Chapleau 2022:394 [ref. 40245]). Current status: Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Soleidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cinerea, Synaptura De Vis [C. W.] 1883:288 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 1088] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.118. •Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1845 [ref. 29000], Kottelat 2013:464 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Soleidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

filamentosa, Synaptura (Synaptura) Sauvage [H.-E.] 1878:93 [8] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 2; ref. 18663] Laos Cambodgien. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9643. On p. 8 of separate. •Synonym of Euryglossa orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 1984:816 [ref. 11440]). •Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Desoutter et al. 2001:327 [ref. 25922], Kottelat 2013:464 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Soleidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

foliacea, Solea Richardson [J.] 1846:279 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China; coasts of China. No types known. Non-types: BMNH 1851.12.27.213-214. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:218, Pl. 28a [ref. 11606]). •Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Li & Wang 1995:305 [ref. 16193], Kottelat 2013:464 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Brachirus foliaceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Voronina 2019:423 [ref. 36809] as foliacea). Current status: Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Soleidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

orientalis, Pleuronectes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:157 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Syntypes: ZMB 7404 (1, right skin), 7405 (1, dry, lost), 7407 (1, right skin). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:139-140 [ref. 24282] with syntypes; listing of ZMB 7404 as holotype by Eschmeyer et al. 1998:1250 [Catalog of Fishes] technically may have established a lectotype. •Valid as Synaptura orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:355 [ref. 6441], Desoutter 1986:431 [ref. 6212], Ataur Rahman 1989:28 [ref. 24860], Poll & Gosse 1995:79 [ref. 24781], Nakabo 2000:1387 [ref. 25182]). •Valid as Euryglossa orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1047 [ref. 20764], Coad 1991:27 [ref. 15702], Kottelat et al. 1993:171 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:72 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:360 [ref. 22896], Rainboth 1996:222 [ref. 22772], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:596 [ref. 27969], Rema Devi et al. 1996:144 [ref. 24021], Carpenter et al. 1997:233 [ref. 23922], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:188 [ref. 25703]). •Valid as Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Lu & Wu in Kuang et al. 1986:334 [ref. 26639], Li & Wang 1995:305 [ref. 16193], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Desoutter et al. 2001:325 [ref. 25559], Munroe 2001:3883 [ref. 26314], Nakabo 2002:1387 [ref. 26193], Ataur Rahman 2003:43 [ref. 31338], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Bray 2006:1845 [ref. 29000], Ho et al. 2009:12 [ref. 31461], Coad 2010:268 [ref. 36620], Larson et al. 2013:226 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:464 [ref. 32989], Psomadakis et al. 2015:326 [ref. 34104], Voronina et al. 2016:396 [ref. 35064], Ali et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:372 [ref. 35805], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:296 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:123 [ref. 37020], Voronina 2019:423 [ref. 36809], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 12 [ref. 38321], Okamoto & Motomura 2021:366 [ref. 38068], Desoutter-Meniger & Chapleau 2022:394 [ref. 40245]). Current status: Valid as Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Soleidae. Distribution: ed Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Philippines, north to northern Vietnam and Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ovalis, Solea Richardson [J.] 1846:279 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Coasts of China. No types known. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:218, Pl. 10b [ref. 11606]). •Valid as Solea ovalis Richardson 1846 -- (Li & Wang 1995:286 [ref. 16193]). •Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Li & Wang 1995:305 [ref. 16193], Kottelat 2013:464 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Soleidae. Distribution: China (if valid). Habitat: marine.

sundaicus, Brachirus Bleeker [P.] 1865:[20], Pl. 236 (fig. 4) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 6; ref. 428] Rio, Batang; Tjirutjup, Belitung Island, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2). Plate published in 1865, text published in 1870. •Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:464 [ref. 32989] with question). •Valid as Brachirus sundaicus Bleeker 1865 -- (Voronina 2019:423 [ref. 36809]). Current status: Synonym of Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Soleidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.