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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Achirus mazatlanus

Pacific lined sole

WoRMS 279494ITIS 172989GBIF 2408227key worms:279494
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2026-08-05: itis_id 172989 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Tree of Life App · CC BY 4.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Achirus
Pacific lined sole20 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Achirus mazatlanus
Photo · D Ross Robertson, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Achirus mazatlanus, the Mazatlan sole or Pacific lined sole, is a sole of the family Achiridae native to the eastern Pacific from northern Baja California and the Gulf of California to northernmost Peru. This demersal species can grow up to 22.5 cm (8.9 in).W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1965 and 1965, as larva.R

1
observations
1
records
1
sampling events
1965
years
1
datasets
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 · 1965 · larva
    name used: Achirus mazatlanus Pacific lined sole · code 969

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

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:279494%22