WoRMS taxon details
Achirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
279490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279490)
accepted
Species
Achirus maculipinnis gunteri Chabanaud, 1940 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Achirus achirus declivis Chabanaud, 1940 accepted as Achirus declivis Chabanaud, 1940
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Achirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279490 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 80, Pl. 41 (fig. 3) [details]
[request]original description (of Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 80, Pl. 41 (fig. 3) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achirus achirus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Achirus maculipinnis gunteri Chabanaud, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achirus achirus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Achirus maculipinnis gunteri Chabanaud, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Monochir punctifer Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
