Description

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Common Names

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Mazatlan sole , English , Global

Sole de Mazatlan , French , France

馬薩無臂鰨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

马萨无臂鳎 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Guardaboya mulata , Spanish , Ecuador

Lenguadito , Spanish , Ecuador

Lenguado , Spanish , Ecuador

Lenguado redondo , Spanish , Peru

Pacific lined sole , Spanish , Mexico

Sol , Spanish , Mexico

Sol , Spanish , Peru

Sol de Mazatlán , Spanish , Mexico

Suela arepita , Spanish , Nicaragua

Suela arepita , Spanish , Spain

Tepalcate , Spanish , Mexico

Tepalcate , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Achiridae

Genus: Achirus

Species: Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner, 1869)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Puerto Pizarro, Peru.

Biology

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Common in coastal waters less than 20 m depth and enters coastal lagoons and fresh water (Ref. 9047). Feeds on crustaceans, small fishes, polychaetes, and occasionally detritus (Ref. 9047). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9047). Benthic species that inhabits coastal waters less than 20m deep. May enter estuaries and freshwater (Ref. 55763).

Habitat

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freshwater