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Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Speckled sanddab
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Common names: Speckled sanddab
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Pacific coast (Ref. 6885). Also Ref. 4925, 91783. In range Ref. 2850.
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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

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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);  stigmaeus: Citharus for its resemblance to the related genus Citharus; stigmaeus speckled (Ref. 4930).
  More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 549 m (Ref. 27436), usually ? - 91 m (Ref. 2850).   Subtropical; 59°N -

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