WoRMS taxon details
Achirus Lacepède, 1802
Archirus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Baeostoma · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Baiostoma Bean in Goode & Bean, 1882 · unaccepted
- Species Achirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Achirus declivis Chabanaud, 1940
- Species Achirus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1880)
- Species Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner, 1869)
- Species Achirus mucuri Ramos, Ramos & Lopes, 2009
- Species Achirus scutum (Günther, 1862)
- Species Achirus zebrinus Clark, 1936
- Species Achirus affinis Steindachner, 1915 accepted as Trinectes paulistanus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1915) (synonym)
- Species Achirus austrinus Chabanaud, 1928 accepted as Trinectes paulistanus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1915) (synonym)
- Species Achirus barbatus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym)
- Species Achirus bilineatus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Achirus cynoglossus Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Cynoglossus cynoglossus (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Achirus fasciatus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Achirus fluviatilis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 accepted as Trinectes fluviatilis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
- Species Achirus fonsecensis (Günther, 1862) accepted as Trinectes fonsecensis (Günther, 1862)
- Species Achirus garmani Jordan, 1889 accepted as Catathyridium garmani (Jordan, 1889)
- Species Achirus hartzfeldii Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Heteromycteris hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1853)
- Species Achirus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Heteromycteris japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Species Achirus jaubertensis Rendahl, 1921 accepted as Rendahlia jaubertensis (Rendahl, 1921)
- Species Achirus marmoratus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Achirus melanospilos Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Liachirus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1854)
- Species Achirus microphthalmus Chabanaud, 1928 accepted as Trinectes microphthalmus (Chabanaud, 1928)
- Species Achirus opercularis Nichols & Murphy, 1944 accepted as Trinectes opercularis (Nichols & Murphy, 1944)
- Species Achirus paulistanus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 accepted as Trinectes paulistanus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1915) (synonym)
- Species Achirus pavoninus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Achirus poropterus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Pardachirus poropterus (Bleeker, 1851)
- Species Achirus punctatus Desjardins, 1837 accepted as Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym)
- Species Achirus rautheri Chabanaud, 1931 accepted as Pardachirus rautheri (Chabanaud, 1931)
- Species Achirus maculipinnis (Agassiz, 1831) (uncertain > nomen dubium, also misspelling of the specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Achirus Lacepède, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268211 on 2025-03-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]



