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Psettichthys melanostictus Girard, 1854

Pacific sand sole
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Common names: Sand sole, Sand sole, West American sand sole
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges south to Redondo Beach, California (Ref. 2850, 6793). Also Ref. 6885, 11366, 27436.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Psettichthys: Greek, psetta = grouper + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Girard.

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

marien demersaal; diepte 1 - 325 m (Ref. 6793).   Temperate; 64°N - 33°N, 179°W - 118°W

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Eastern and Western Pacific: The Bering Sea coast of Alaska, near the Aleutian Islands (Ref. 27436) to the West Bering Sea and to Redondo Beach, southern California, USA.

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 63.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 2850)

Korte beschrijving Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 72 - 88; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 53 - 66; Wervels: 37 - 39. Dorsal origin above point in front of eye. Caudal rounded. Pectorals small.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

Inhabits sandy bottoms. Feeds on fishes, worms, crustaceans and mollusks (Ref. 6885).

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Vinnikov, K.A., R.C. Thomson and T.A. Munroe, 2018. Revised classification of the righteye flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) based on multilocus phylogeny with complete taxon sampling. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 125:147-162. (Ref. 122998)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 September 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Harmless




Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: commercieel; sportvis: ja; Aquarium: Publieke aquaria
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.3 - 8.7, mean 5.2 (based on 314 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00457 - 0.01819), b=3.10 (2.93 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179):  Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (tm=2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (62 of 100).
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766):   Medium.