Animalia > Chordata > Pleuronectiformes > Pleuronectidae > Psettichthys > Psettichthys melanostictus

Psettichthys melanostictus (Pacific sand sole; Sand sole)

Synonyms: Psettichthys melanosticus
Language: French; Mandarin Chinese; Polish; Russian; Salish

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pacific sand sole, Psettichthys melanostictus, is the only fish in the genus, Psettichthys, in the, Pleuronectidae, family. It is a flatfish and inhabits northeastern Pacific waters where it lives on sandy bottoms.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada

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Citations

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♦ 3Trophic Ecology of the Dominant Fishes in Elkhorn Slough, California, 1974-1980, JAMES P. BARRY, MARY M. YOKLAVICH, GREGOR M. CAILLIET, DAVID A. AMBROSE, BROOKE S. ANTRIM, Estuaries Vol. 19, No. 1, p. 115-138, March 1996
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0