Pnictes asphyxiatus

Pnictes asphyxiatus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Achiridae
Genus: Pnictes
D. S. Jordan, 1919
Species: P. asphyxiatus
Binomial name
Pnictes asphyxiatus
(D. S. Jordan, 1889)

Pnictes asphyxiatus is a species of freshwater American sole known only from the Amazon Basin in Brazil. This species grows to a standard length of 9.6 cm (3.8 in) . It is so far known from only one specimen. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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