''Achirus novoae'' is a species of sole in the family

Achiridae The American soles are a family (Achiridae) of flatfish occurring in both freshwater and marine environments of the Americas. The family includes about 35 species in seven genera. These are closely related to the soles (Soleidae), and have ...

. It was described by

Fernando Cervigón Fernando Cervigón Marcos (born Valencia on 15 May 1930, died Caracas 17 May 2017) was a Spanish ichthyologist and marine biologist, who lived most of his life in Venezuela. He discovered and described numerous species of fish including the Ca ...

in 1982. It inhabits the Orinoco River. It reaches a maximum length of .

References

Pleuronectiformes Taxa named by Fernando Cervigón Fish described in 1982 {{Pleuronectiformes-stub