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Taxon: Family Achiridae Rafinesque, 1815 - American soles (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (C.S. Rafinesque, 1815)
Unavailable original name & rank Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 13 ("Ordine. Gli Aghirini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2].
Original name Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 83 ("S. F. Achiria.").
Subsequent rank
Source for the authorship van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 132 ("Rafinesque 1815").

Types

TypeAchirus (Genus) Lacepède, 1802 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 449; [<29 Feb 2024]. [inferred]

Variants

Different rankAchirinae (Subfamily)

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameAmerican soles Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 402; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
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