Pan Sole
Brachirus pan
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, July, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pan Sole
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 全宽吞鳎, 全寬吞鰨, 异鳞箬鳎,, 異鱗箬鰨
Other scientific names: Euryglossa pan, Pleuronectes pan, Synaptura pan
Similar species
Black SoleBrachirus niger
Annulate SoleBrachirus annularis
black soleBrachirus orientalis
- Dusky Sole
Brachirus aspilos
Ocellated SolePardachirus pavoninus
- Mueller's Sole
Dexillus muelleri
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 10 open-data records from 1822 to 1997.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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