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Paralichthyidae
Pacific sanddab
Citharichthys sordidus
Dark mottled patterns on tan
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
MediumPacific sanddab is known around Eastern Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 41 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Citharichthys
- Maximum length
- 41 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: Bering Sea coast of Alaska to Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California, Mexico. Occurrence in Nicaragua (Ref. 13613 ) needs validation.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
