Citharichthys sordidus, Pacific sanddab : fisheries, gamefish

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Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854)

Pacific sanddab
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US America (contiguous states) territory information

Common names: Pacific sanddab, Sanddab
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Lamb, A. and P. Edgell, 1986
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Considered a delicacy in California (Ref. 27436). Also Ref. 6793, 6885.
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Territory Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Cardine de Californie, Lenguado moteado, Lenguado moteado, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cyclopsettidae (Sand whiffs)
Etymology: Citharichthys: Latin, cithara = lire like instrument + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 549 m (Ref. 6793), usually 15 - ? m (Ref. 27436). Temperate; 60°N - 22°N, 177°E - 109°W

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Eastern Pacific: Bering Sea coast of Alaska to Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California, Mexico. Occurrence in Nicaragua (Ref. 13613) needs validation.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 9 years (Ref. 72462)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 86 - 102; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 67 - 81; Vertebrae: 38 - 40. Caudal rounded; pectorals rather large and pointed (Ref. 6885). Eyed side dull brown or tan irregularly mottled with dark; Dorsal, anal, caudal and anal fins black; blind side white to pale brown (Ref. 6885). Freshly caught males with dull orange spots and blotches (Ref. 6885). Young light olive green on eyed side, finely and sparsely speckled with brown, black, and orange, especially on fins (Ref. 6885).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sand bottoms (Ref. 2850). Young may occur at depth less than 9 m (Ref. 2850).

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Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 5.5 - 19.4, mean 10.3 °C (based on 1346 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00434 - 0.02305), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 3.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.30; tmax=11; tm=2.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (8 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 42.1 [21.2, 71.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.353 [0.168, 0.598] mg/100g; Protein = 17.3 [15.1, 19.3] %; Omega3 = 0.528 [0.234, 1.062] g/100g; Selenium = 18.3 [10.4, 34.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.4 [3.9, 42.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.517 [0.367, 0.717] mg/100g (wet weight);