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, Pnictes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Achiridae |
| Genus: | Pnictes Jordan, 1919 |
| Species: | P. asphyxiatus
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| Pnictes asphyxiatus (D. S. Jordan, 1889)
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pnictes asphyxiatus" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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