Pnictes asphyxiatus

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.

Pnictes asphyxiatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

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