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Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854)

Pacific sanddab
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Canada country information

Common names: Mottled sanddab, Pacific sanddab
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Clemens, W.A. and G.V. Wilby, 1961
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Pacific coast (Ref. 6885). Also Ref. 4925, 91783. In range Ref. 2850.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cyclopsettidae (Sand whiffs)
Etymology: Citharichthys: Latin, cithara = lire like instrument + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 549 m (Ref. 6793), usually 15 - ? m (Ref. 27436).   Temperate; 60°N - 22°N, 177°E - 109°W

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