Overview
Family : Large-tooth flounders ; Inhabits sandy or sandy-muddy bottom [1]. Utilized fresh.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
longfin sanddab
Common Names in French:
Perpeire longue aile
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
長尾副棘鮃, 长尾副棘鲆
Common Names in Spanish:
Lenguado Al, lenguado alón, Lenguado alón
Common Names in Swedish:
Långfenad sandvar
Description
Physical Description
Species Citharichthys xanthostigma
Males are commonly 20 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 25 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
May be found at depths of 2 to 201 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,010 meters (0 to -13,156 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
()
- Suborder:
Pleuronectoidei
()
-
- Family:
Paralichthyidae
()
- Genus:
Citharichthys
()
- Bleeker, 1862
- Specific name:
xanthostigma
- Gilbert, 1890
- Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Service
- Specific name:
xanthostigma
- Gilbert, 1890
- Genus:
Citharichthys
(
- Family:
Paralichthyidae
(
- Suborder:
Pleuronectoidei
(
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 12-Jul-1995
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 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. 142.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 140, p. 166, p. 56.
- California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 107, p. 110, p. 297, p. 302.
- Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 14.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , , p. 42, p. 701, p. 906, p. 922.
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 678, p. 692.
- Ichthyoplankton and station data for California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations survey cruises in. .. [La Jolla, Calif.?]: National Marine Fisheries Service, 1987- url p. 156, p. 185, p. 188, p. 207, p. 224, p. 247, p. 253, p. 59, p. 62, p. 63, p. 64, p. 66, p. 66, p. 67, p. 69, p. 73, p. 77, p. 77, p. 81, p. 83, p. 87.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 28.
- Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 2681.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 13 1890 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 120, p. 332, p. 50.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 218.
- The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 2681.
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
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 31, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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 05, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 124257
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30788
- Fishbase Species ID: 4218
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 172726
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 107367
Footnotes
- Fitch, J.E. (1974). Offshore fishes of California. Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California. 80 p. [back]
- Mean = -941.120 meters (-3,087.664 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,479.680 based on 26 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
