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Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) >
Achiridae (American soles)
Etymology: Achirus: Greek, a = without + Greek, cheir = hands (Ref. 45335); mucuri: The word mucuri is in reference to the name of the type locality of the new species, the Mucuri River, northeastern Brazil..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; estuarina bentopelágico. Tropical; 18°S - 19°S, 39°W - 40°W
Distribuição
Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri
South America: Brazil. Achirus mucuri is known only from the Mucuri River estuary, a small system situated between the Jequitinhonha and Doce rivers, south of Bahia state coast drainage, northeastern Brazil (Ref. 80995).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 80995)
Descrição suscinta
Morfologia | Morfometria
Achirus mucuri is distinguished from all its congeners, except A. novoae, by
possessing a connection on both the blind and ocular sides between the branchiostegal membrane and the isthmus, with the connection being slightly stronger on the blind side (vs. complete absence of connections between branchiostegal membranes and isthmus). Additionally, the species is distinguished from its congeners by having a light-brown body color, with regularly-scattered, minute, darkbrown blotches that are sometimes concentrated to form larger spots. Five specimens differed from the typical light-brown body color in having a brownish-gray background, and one specimen showed brownish-white body pigmentation. The new species differs from A. novoae by the presence of a large, ramified labial fimbriae (vs. simple, non-ramified, minute labial fimbriae in A. novoae) and by the shape of the infraorbital canal (extending around ventral margin of fixed eye) (vs. infraorbital canal that
stops dorsal to fixed eye in A. novoae (Ref. 80995).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Ramos, R.T.C., T.P.A. Ramos and P.R.D. Lopes, 2009. New species of Achirus (Pleuronectiformes: Achiridae) from Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2113:55-62. (Ref. 80995)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
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