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Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Achirus

WoRMS 268211ITIS 172984GBIF 2408208key worms:268211
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2026-08-05: itis_id 172984 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Tree of Life App · CC BY 4.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Achirus

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Achirus
Photo · Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Achirus is a genus of American soles native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas. They are mainly found in coastal areas, including salt and brackish water, but some species are found in fresh water.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1965 and 2003, as larva, across 2 taxa under it.R

2
observations
2
records
1
sampling events
1965–2003
years
1
datasets
1
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 1 obs · 1 events · 2003 · larva
    name used: Achirus · code 2295

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:268211%22