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Achiridae
Menezes' Sole
Apionichthys menezesi
The paired eye sockets touch like neighboring windows
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
SmallMenezes' Sole is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Achiridae
- Genus
- Apionichthys
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- South America: Rio Napo in Ecuador, Rio Negro, Amazon basin in Brazil and Rio Caura, Orinoco basin in Venezuela.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
