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Achirus declivis Chabanaud, 1940

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 55 - 60; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 43 - 46.

Common Names

  • Lost sole , English , Puerto Rico
  • Plainfin sole , English , Belize
  • 斜体无臂鳎 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斜體無臂鰨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tapa , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Solha-redonda , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Pleuronectiformes

    Family: Achiridae

    Genus: Achirus

    Species: Achirus declivis Chabanaud, 1940

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Belize to Santa Catarina, Brazil; also Trinidad, Jamaica, St. Barthélemy, and Suriname.

    • Biology

    Common in estuarine areas (Ref. 36453).

    Habitat

    brackish