Freshly collected adult
Freshly collected adult of Achirus mazatlanus at Rio Mamoni [Panama].Photo by Eric Moody. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Achiridae

Genus
Achirus

Status
valid


Last updated on:
27-Jul-2013

Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner, 1869)

Pacific Lined Sole; Tepalcate.

Original description as Solea mazatlana:

ZooBank:FE257866-89FF-45A7-9DE3-4C41BEA5BCBC.

  • Steindachner, Franz. 1869. "Eine Abhandlung über einige neue Fischarten aus den Sammlungen des Wiener-Museums". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. v. 6(n. 19), pp. 149-150 (ffm00457)

Conservation: Achirus mazatlanus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).

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