Pnictes asphyxiatus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Achiridae |
Genus: | Pnictes Jordan, 1919 |
Species: | P. asphyxiatus
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Binomial name | |
Pnictes asphyxiatus (D. S. Jordan, 1889)
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Pnictes asphyxiatus is a species of freshwater American sole known only from the Amazon Basin in Brazil. This species grows to a standard length of 9.6 cm (3.8 in). It is so far known from only one specimen. This species is the only known member of its genus, Pnictes.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pnictes asphyxiatus" in FishBase. October 2012 version.