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Achirus mazatlanus in Mexico
Mazatlan sole

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Achirus mazatlanus   (Steindachner, 1869)
Family:	Achiridae (American soles)			picture (Acmaz_u2.jpg) by Robertson, R.
Order:	Pleuronectiformes  (flatfishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Mazatlan sole
Max. size:	20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 55763)
Environment:	demersal; amphidromous ; depth range 1 - 20 m
Climate:	tropical; 32°N -
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (k >0.30)
Distribution:	Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Puerto Pizarro, Peru.
Biology:	Common in coastal waters less than 20 m depth and enters coastal lagoons and fresh water (Ref. 9047). Feeds on crustaceans, small fishes, polychaetes, and occasionally detritus (Ref. 9047). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9047). Benthic species that inhabits coastal waters less than 20m deep. May enter estuaries and freshwater (Ref. 55763)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Ramos, Robson T.C.
Main Ref:	Chirichigno, N.. 1980. (Ref. 12)
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Mexico country information
Common names:	Pacific lined sole, Tepalcate, Sol, Sol de Mazatlán, Tepalcate		Ref:  De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
Status:	native		Ref:  Krupp, F., 1995
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Importance:	of potential interest		Ref:  De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Recorded from several localities in Baja California Sur (Ref. 37955). Also Ref. 50313, 58469.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
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	Checked:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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