Citharichthys spilopterus

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• Notes

Overview

Taken with beach nets [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Occurs in shallow muddy bottoms from the coastline to 75 m depth; also in brackish estuaries and hypersaline lagoons [1]. Inhabit mainly coastal waters and tidelands, but abundant in waters very near the sea to a few meters elevation with wholly freshwater ichthyofauna [2]. May be found at depths of 0 to 75 meters.

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Feeds mainly on zooplankton and zoobenthos [3].

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 31-Aug-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Citharichthys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. abbotti (Veracruz Whiff) · C. arctifrons (Gulf Stream Flounder) · C. arenaceus (Sand Whiff) · C. cornutus (Horned Whiff) · C. dinoceros (Doublespot Perchlet) · C. fragilis (Gulf Sanddab) · C. gilberti (Bigmouth Sanddab) · C. gnathus (Big-Chinned Sanddab) · C. gordae (Mimic Sanddab) · C. gymnorhinus (Anglefin Whiff) · C. latifrons (Clearspot Flounder) · C. macrops (Spotted Whiff) · C. mariajorisae (Five-Rayed Sanddab) · C. microstomus (Smallmouth Flounder) · C. panamensis (Panamic Flounder) · C. platophrys (Small Sanddab) · C. sordidus (Pacific Sanddab) · C. spilopterus (Bay Whiff) · C. stampflii (Smooth Flounder) · C. stigmaeus (Speckled Sanddab) · C. uhleri (Flounder) · C. ventralis (Sash Flounder) · C. xanthostigma (Longfin Sanddab)

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Further Reading

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• A guide to the study of fishes, New York, H. Holt, 1905. url .
• A guide to the study of fishes, by David Starr Jordan. .. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1905. url p. 274, p. 489.
• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 46.
• A manual of the vertebrate animals of the northern United States, including the district north and east of the Ozark mountains, south of the Laurentian hills, north of the southern boundary of Virginia, and east of the Missouri river, inclusive of marine species; by David Starr Jordan... Chicago, A.C. McClurg and company[1888] url p. 167.
• A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata) / By J.R. Norman, &c. London, 1934. url p. 149.
• An annotated list of fishes known to occur in the fresh waters of Costa Rica. 10 1914 Chicago, 1914. url p. 133.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 278.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 2685.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 193.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 82 1938 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 181, p. 228.
• Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. url p. 108, p. 111.
• Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) London: BM(NH), 1903-1940. url p. 985.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1862. url p. 421.
• Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history). .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]1909-16. url .
• Contents and index to volume 10, numbers 1 to 15, Zoological series / Wilfred H. Osgood. 10 1923 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1923. url p. 377.
• Contributions to biology from the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1895-1904. url p. 200.
• Copeia. [New York, N.Y., etc.]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. url , .
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 238, p. 259, p. 283, p. 297, p. 307, p. 534, p. 73.
• Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries / project team, David M. Nelson (editor). .. [et al.]. Rockville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, [1992]-[1997] url p. 298.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , , , , p. 35, p. 36, p. 361, p. 38, p. 401, p. 515, p. 522, p. 57, p. 68, p. 69, p. 72, p. 924, p. 946.
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• Fishes of the Pamlico-Albemarle Peninsula, N.C.: area utilization and potential impacts / Morehead City, N.C.: N.C. Dept. of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Marine Fisheries, [1984] url p. 45, p. 7.
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Notes

Contributors

• Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 124253
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30786
• Fishbase Species ID: 4216
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14379701
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 172725
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCTA01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106978

Footnotes

1. Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992). Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales ma ... [back]
2. Bussing, W.A. (1998). Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica [Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica]. 2nd Ed. San José Costa Rica: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica. 468 p. [back]
3. Toepfer, C.S. and J.W. Fleeger (1995). Diet of juvenile fishes Citharichthys spilopterus, Symphurus plagiusa and Gobionellus boleosoma. Bull. Mar. Sci. 56(1):238-249. [back]

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