Citharichthys sordidus Katherine Maslenikov
Description
Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854).
Pacific Sanddab. To 41 cm (16 in) TL (Kramer et al. 1995), reported to 48 cm (18.9 in) TL (Don Pearson, pers. comm. to M.L.). Holiday Beach, Kodiak Island, western Gulf of Alaska (57°42’N, 152°28’W) (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington) to Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Records from south-eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are in error or not verifiable (Mecklenburg 2002). Also reported off Peru (Zeballos Flor et al. 1998). Mostly benthic, but frequently ascends into water column (M.L., pers. obs.); depth: intertidal to about 581 m (1,906 ft) (min.: Carlisle et al. 1960; max.: City of San Diego).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Citharichthys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Katherine Maslenikov
- Species
- sordidus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854) sec. Love, Bizzarro, Cornthwaite, Frable & Maslenikov, 2021
References
- Kramer, D. E., Barss, W. H., Paust, B. C. & Bracken, B. E. (1995) Guide to northeast Pacific flatfishes: families Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, and Pleuronectidae. University of Alaska Sea Grant, Fairbanks, Marine Advisory Bulletin, 47.
- Miller, D. J. & Lea, R. N. (1972) Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. California Department of Fish and Game Fish Bulletin, 157.
- Zeballos Flor, J., Samame, M. & Romero, M. (1998) Estructura especiologica demersal observada durante el Crucero de Evaluacion de la Merluza entre Puerto Pizarro y Huarmey. Informe IMARPE, 138, 87 - 100.
- Carlisle, J. G. Jr., Schott, J. W. & Abramson, N. J. (1960) The barred surfperch (Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz) in southern California. California Department of Fish and Game, Fish Bulletin, 109.