Achiridae

Plainfin sole

Achirus declivis

Sand mud bottom feeder from the Amazon to Paria Bay

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Plainfin sole is a freshwater fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 18.7 cm.