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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Achiridae (American soles)
Etymology: Achirus: Greek, a = without + Greek, cheir = hands (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 36739); depth range 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172), usually ? - 20 m (Ref. 9047). Tropical; 32°N - 18°S, 114°W - 79°W

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Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Puerto Pizarro, Peru.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96592); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9047); max. published weight: 197.90 g (Ref. 130775)

Common in coastal waters less than 20 m depth and enters coastal lagoons and fresh water (Ref. 9047). Feeds on crustaceans, small fishes, polychaetes, and occasionally detritus (Ref. 9047). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9047). Benthic species that inhabits coastal waters less than 20m deep. May enter estuaries and freshwater (Ref. 55763).

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Chirichigno, N., 1980. Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Peru. IMARPE Informe (44). Instituto del Mar del Peru, Callao, Peru. (Ref. 12)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 September 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.8 - 28.5, mean 24.7 °C (based on 42 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.01011 - 0.01799), b=3.10 (3.04 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.45 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 1.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.09-1.2;).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner, 1869)