Achirus mucuri

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Achirus mucuri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Achiridae
Genus: Achirus
Species:
A. mucuri
Binomial name
Achirus mucuri

The American sole [1] (Achirus mucuri) is a species of sole in the family Achiridae. [2] It was described by Robson Tamar da Costa Ramos, Telton Pedro Anselmo Ramos and Paulo Roberto Duarte Lopes in 2009. It inhabits the Mucuri River in Brazil, from which its species epithet is derived. It reaches a maximum standard length of 9 cm (3.5 in). [2]

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References

  1. Common names of Achirus mucuri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Achirus mucuri" in FishBase . July 2019 version.