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GBIF·2408221speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPleuronectiformes
  4. ›familyAchiridae
  5. ›genusAchirus
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Orinoco Freshwater Sole

Achirus novoae Cervigón, 1982

Also calledLinguado-de-água-doce-do-Orinoco (por)

First described in: Cervigón, F. (1982). La ictiofauna estuarina del Caño Manamo y areas adyacentes. <em>D. Novoa R. (ed.) Los recursos pesqueros del Rio Orinoco y su explotacion.</em> Pp. 205-260. 1-386, Plates.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2408221.