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Achirus mazatlanus

Description

Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner, 1869).

Mazatlán Sole or Pacific Lined Sole. To 30 cm (11.8 in) TL (Vargas et al. 2020). Islas Coronados, northern Baja California (Jordan 1923) to Puerto Pizarro, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including Gulf of California (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995). Marine, brackish, and fresh waters (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995); benthic; depth: 1–64 m (3–210 ft) (min.: González-Acosta et al. 1999; max.: Vargas et al. 2020).

Notes

Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 221, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

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References

  • Vargas, J. A., Ramirez, A. R., Marin, B., Lopez, M. I. & Wolff, M. (2020) Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) species richness and depth distribution in the Gulf of Nicoya, Golfo Dulce, and two adjacent areas on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 68, 1116 - 1130. https: // doi. org / 10.15517 / rbt. v 68 i 4.41391
  • Jordan, D. S. (1923) Note on Icichthys lockingtoni Jordan and Gilbert, a pelagic fish from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 63, 1 - 3.
  • Chirichigno, F. N. (1974) Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Peru. Instituto del Mar del Peru Informe, No. 44.
  • Fischer, W., Krupp, F., Schneider, W., Sommer, C., Carpenter, K. E. & Niem, V. H. (1995) Guia FAO para la identificacion para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Volume II, Vertebrados, Parte 1. Volume III, Vertebrados, Parte 2. FAO, Rome.
  • Gonzalez-Acosta, A. F., De La Cruz-Aguero, J. & Cota-Gomez, V. M. (1999) Extension of geographical distribution and first occurrence of fishes in the northwest of Mexico. Hidrobiologica, 9, 39 - 44.