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Gymnachirus
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Species
Naked Sole
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyAchiridae
Habitatmarine
Observations15
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Achiridae
- Collections
- UWFC, USNM, TCWC, KU, FMNH, NCSM
- Recorded in
- United States, Suriname, Colombia, French Guiana, Mexico
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Gymnachirus is a genus of American soles native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas.
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Gymnachirus melas Nichols, 1916 (North American naked sole) Gymnachirus nudus Kaup, 1858 (naked sole) Gymnachirus texae (Gunter, 1936) (Gulf of Mexico fringed sole)
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