Family Achiridae (flatfish)
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Achiridae
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Agiadi et al. 2020, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Achirus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
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