Lined Sole
Achirus lineatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Achiridae
- Genus
- Achirus
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 16 countries and 5 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 117 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 10 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 6 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 5 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 7 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 3 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 3 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 9 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 185 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 37 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2509 records