Biology:Pnictes asphyxiatus

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Short description: Species of fish

Pnictes asphyxiatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Achiridae
Genus: Pnictes
Jordan, 1919
Species:
P. asphyxiatus
Binomial name
Pnictes asphyxiatus
(D. S. Jordan, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Achiropsis asphyxiatus Jordan, 1889
  • Apionichthys asphyxiatus (Jordan, 1889)

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

Wikidata ☰ Q28796702 entry