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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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National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | 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 पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री ड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 1 - 325 m (Ref. 6793).   Temperate; 64°N - 33°N, 179°W - 118°W

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | Point map | भूमिका | Faunafri

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.

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 63.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 2850)

Short description पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स

पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 72 - 88; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 53 - 66; जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 37 - 39. Dorsal origin above point in front of eye. Caudal rounded. Pectorals small.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | पुनरुत्पत्ति | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | लार्वा

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक : Amaoka, Kunio | सहयोगीयो

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 September 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

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