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Achirus  Lacepède, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172984

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Baiostoma Bean in Goode & Bean, 1882
  
    Grammichthys Kaup, 1858
  
    Baeostoma (Anathyridium) Chabanaud, 1928
  
  Common Name(s): hogchokers [English]
  
    lined soles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 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  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesAchirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                        SpeciesAchirus declivis Chabanaud, 1940  
                                        SpeciesAchirus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1880) – brown sole, suela plomiza, Brown Sole 
                                        SpeciesAchirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – lined sole, acedía rayada, suela listada, Lined Sole 
                                        SpeciesAchirus mazatlanus (Steindachner, 1869) – Mexican sole, Pacific lined sole, tepalcate, Pacific Lined Sole 
                                        SpeciesAchirus mucuri Ramos, Ramos & Lopes, 2009  
                                        SpeciesAchirus novoae Cervigón, 1982  
                                        SpeciesAchirus scutum (Günther, 1862) – comal, network sole, Network Sole 
                                        SpeciesAchirus zebrinus Clark, 1936 – suela cebra, Tehuantepec sole, Tehuantepec Sole 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes   
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Achirus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  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   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Achirus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Achirus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Achirus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Achirus   
       

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