Species that contain: Pardachirus and marmoratus [ 5 ] records

barbatus, Achirus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:658, 660 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality. •Synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:270 [ref. 29757], Randall & Johnson 2007:9 [ref. 29291], Golani & Fricke 2018:175 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802). Soleidae. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Achirus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:658, 660, Pl. 12 ( fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Neotype: BPBM 20092. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:340-341 [ref. 25922] Figured on Pl. 12 (fig. 3) of Lacepède 1801 [ref. 2710], but with vernacular name. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:574 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Neotype designated by Randall & Johnson 2007:9 [ref. 29291]. •Valid as Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Clark & George 1979:110 [ref. 6992], Dor 1984:270 [ref. 29757], Heemstra & Gon 1986:872 [ref. 5665], Quéro & Desoutter 1990:110 [ref. 15757], Goren & Dor 1994:72 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:361 [ref. 22896], Quéro 1997:323 [ref. 23236], Carpenter et al. 1997:233 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:573 [ref. 24106], Desoutter et al. 2001:341 [ref. 25922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3331 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:437 [ref. 28072], Randall & Johnson 2007:11 [ref. 29291], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:433 [ref. 33460], Ali et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:372 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:175 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:29 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36871], Desoutter-Meniger & Chapleau 2022:398 [ref. 40245]). Current status: Valid as Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802). Soleidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.

ornatus, Pleuronectes Griffith [E.] & Smith [C. H.] 1834:517, Pl. 59 (opp. p. 517) [The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier; ref. 1908] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): BMNH (whereabouts unknown). Based on a specimen in BMNH. •Synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802). Current status: Synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802). Soleidae. Habitat: marine.

pavoninus, Achirus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:658, 660 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated [probably Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN (whereabouts unknown). Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:341 [ref. 25922]. •Objective synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus Lacepède 1802 -- (Fricke 1999:574 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Clark & George 1979:113 [ref. 6992], Kyushin et al. 1982:267 [ref. 19754], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:354 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:146 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:450 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:390 [ref. 23929], Li & Wang 1995:291 [ref. 16193], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:597 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:234 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:384 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:450 [ref. 25919] in Paradachirus, Anderson et al. 1998:29 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:280 [ref. 23965], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1384 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:450 [ref. 25191], Sakai et al. 2001:123 [ref. 25693] in Paradachirus, Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Desoutter et al. 2001:341 [ref. 25922], Munroe 2001:3886 [ref. 26314], Nakabo 2002:1384 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:216 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:31 [ref. 27624], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Randall 2005:617 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1847 [ref. 29000], Randall & Johnson 2007:12 [ref. 29291], Fricke et al. 2009:115 [ref. 30213], Matsuura in Matsuura & Kimura 2009:321 [ref. 31170], Motomura et al. 2010:231 [ref. 31256], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:107 [ref. 32413], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1055 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:227 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:465 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:219 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:190 [ref. 33932], Voronina et al. 2016:398 [ref. 35064], Motomura et al. 2017:224 [ref. 35490], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:317 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:597 [ref. 37272], Akaike et al. 2021:31 [ref. 38809], Ota et al. 2021:69 [ref. 38495], Desoutter-Meniger & Chapleau 2022:399 [ref. 40245], Vilasri et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40764], Kumar et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41064]). Current status: Valid as Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacepède 1802). Soleidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Mascarenes, Sri Lanka and Myanmar east to Tonga, north to Kochi Prefecture (Japan), south to Onslow (Western Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Achirus Desjardins [J.] 1837:40 [Rapport Annuel sur les travaux de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice No. 8; ref. 20928] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:341 [ref. 25922]. Original not seen. Name given as Achirus punctulatus by Monod 1976:21 [ref. 30339]. For comments on authorship see Monod 1976:21 [ref. 30339]. •Synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Fricke 1999:573 [ref. 24106]). •Questionably a synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Randall & Johnson 2007:9 [ref. 29291]). Current status: Synonym of Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802). Soleidae. Habitat: marine.