Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus) Citharichthys sordidus (Girard)
Subject: Citharidae, Citharichthys
Tag: Fish
Date 1907
Author Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932); Edmund Lee Goldsborough (1868–1953)
Source/Photographer English: Evermann, Barton Warren; Goldsborough, Edmund Lee (1907) Fishes of Alaska, Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 26, 1906, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFMIB_39420_Citharichthys_sordidus_%28Girard%29.jpeg
The Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus) is a species of flatfish. It is by far the most common sanddab, and it shares its habitat with the longfin sanddab (Citharichthys xanthostigma) and the speckled sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus). It is a medium-sized flatfish, with a light brown color mottled brown or black, occasionally with white or orange spots. The Pacific sanddab is endemic to the northern Pacific Ocean, from the Sea of Japan to the coast of California.
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Paralichthyidae
Genus: Citharichthys
Species: Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854)
Synonyms: Psettichthys sordidus Girard, 1854