Citharichthys arctifrons

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Family : Large-tooth flounders ; Occurs in deeper water. Rarely found in shallow water.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

May be found at depths of 46 to 365 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,095 meters (0 to -16,716 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

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

• A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the species discovered in 1883 and 1884, by David Starr Jordan. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1885. url p. 133.
• A guide book to the marine fishes of Rhode Island. Photos by the author. Watch Hill, R. I., Book and Tackle Shop[1960] url p. 101.
• 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 systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata) / By J.R. Norman, &c. London, 1934. url p. 146.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 472, p. 521, p. 556.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 10 1883 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 184, p. 184, p. 188, p. 188, p. 188, p. 191, p. 194, p. 194.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , , , , , , p. 173, p. 174, p. 180, p. 36, p. 42, p. 42, p. 422, p. 526, p. 528, p. 62, p. 67, p. 68, p. 69, p. 712, p. 72, p. 735, p. 737, p. 740, p. 741, p. 750, p. 754, p. 759.
• Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 294, p. 295, p. 571.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 116, p. 50.
• Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder. Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1953. url , p. 295, p. 341, p. 571.
• Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. By Henry B. Bigelow. .. and William W. Welsh. .. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1925. url p. 472, p. 556.
• 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. 7.
• Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid / Ray E. Bowman. .. [et al.]. Woods Hole, Mass.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Region, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 2000] url p. 45.
• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url , , p. 1, p. 13, p. 2, p. 31, p. 37, p. 5, p. 5, p. 67, p. 83.
• New Haven Harbor ecological studies summary report, 1970-1977 / prepared for the United Illuminating Company, New Haven, Connecticut by Normandeau Associates, inc., Bedford, New Hampshire; edited by Andrew J. McCusker, Weldon S. Bosworth. Bedford, N.H.: Normandeau, 1979. url p. 12.
• Oceanic ichthyology: a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers "Blake, " "Albatross, " and "Fishhawk" in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas con by George Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean. Pub. in connection with the National Museum and the Smithsonian institution. 22 1896 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1896. url p. 442.
• Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 652, p. 653.
• Oxygen depletion and associated benthic mortalities in New York Bight, 1976 / editors, R. Lawrence Swanson, Carl J. Sindermann. Rockville, Md.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 1979. url p. 300, p. 303.
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 2604, p. 2683.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 159, p. 210.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 13 1890 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 332, p. 337, p. 341, p. 342, p. 472, p. 648.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 101, p. 1089, p. 1089, p. 178, p. 231, p. 275, p. 275, p. 332, p. 332, p. 339, p. 502, p. 502, p. 921.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 219.
• Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 / by Albert Günther. London, 1887. url p. 165.
• Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. / prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895. url p. 165.
• Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1848-1916. url p. 23, p. 23, p. 442.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 22 1882 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 340, p. 341, p. 342, p. 472.
• Special bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1892- url p. 23*, p. 23*, p. 442, p. vi, p. xxi.
• Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 8.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 14.
• Synopsis of the fishes of North America. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1882. url p. 818.
• Systematic catalogue of the fishes of Tortugas, Florids with observations on color, habits, and local distribution by William H. Longley. .. Edited and completed by Smauel F. Hildebrand. .. Washington, D.C.1941 url p. 43.

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 March 01, 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 March 01, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
• 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: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: DFO Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys Fish Observations (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: Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gulf of Maine Bottom Trawl Survey Data (NEFSC,NMFS,NOAA)(USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes (OBIS Canada)
• 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: 124243
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30781
• Fishbase Species ID: 4209
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14379701
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 172719
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCTA01020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106964

Footnotes

1. Mean = -375.980 meters (-1,233.530 feet), Standard Deviation = 674.930 based on 3,886 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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