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Achirus achirus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 616213

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  
    Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855
  
    Achirus maculipinnis gunteri Chabanaud, 1940
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPleuronectiformes  – flatfishes, flounders, soles, limandes, plies, poissons plats  
                               SuborderPleuronectoidei   
                                  FamilyAchiridae  – American soles, lenguados suelas, soles américaines, scrawled soles  
                                     GenusAchirus Lacepède, 1802 – hogchokers, lined soles  
                                        SpeciesAchirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014, website (version 31-Oct-14)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014   
  Reference for: Achirus achirus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Desoutter, Martine, Francois Chapleau, Thomas A. Munroe, Bruno Chanet, and Monique Beaunier  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (suite) Ordre des Pleuronectiformes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cybium, vol. 25, no. 4   
  Page(s): 299-368   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0399-0974   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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