Ecology
Habitat
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 6137 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 1800
Temperature range (°C): 1.894 - 29.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.048 - 43.185
Salinity (PPS): 31.489 - 37.286
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.321 - 7.416
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.006 - 3.317
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 102.747
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 1800
Temperature range (°C): 1.894 - 29.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.048 - 43.185
Salinity (PPS): 31.489 - 37.286
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.321 - 7.416
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.006 - 3.317
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 102.747
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 183 | Public Records: | 98 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 164 | Public Species: | 12 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 162 | Public BINs: | 12 |
| Species: | 14 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 14 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Citharichthys
Citharichthys is a genus of flatfish in the large-tooth flounder family, Paralichthyidae. They have both eyes on the left side of the head.
There are various species of sanddab, whiff, and flounder in this genus, though the most common species is the Pacific sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus. They are a dull light-brown, and are mottled with brown or black; sometimes yellow or orange.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Citharichthys abbotti C. E. Dawson, 1969 (Veracruz whiff)
- Citharichthys amblybregmatus Gutherz & Blackman, 1970
- Citharichthys arctifrons Goode, 1880 (Gulf Stream flounder)
- Citharichthys arenaceus Evermann & Marsh, 1900 (Sand whiff)
- Citharichthys cornutus (Günther, 1880) (Horned whiff)
- Citharichthys darwini Victor & Wellington, 2013 (Darwin’s Sanddab)[3]
- Citharichthys dinoceros Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886 (Spined whiff)
- Citharichthys fragilis C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Gulf sanddab)
- Citharichthys gilberti O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 (Bigmouth sanddab)
- Citharichthys gnathus Hoshino & Amaoka, 1999
- Citharichthys gordae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 (Mimic sanddab)
- Citharichthys gymnorhinus Gutherz & Blackman, 1970 (Anglefin whiff)
- Citharichthys macrops Dresel, 1885 (Spotted whiff)
- Citharichthys mariajorisae van der Heiden & Mussot-Pérez, 1995 (Five-rayed sanddab)
- Citharichthys minutus Cervigón, 1982
- Citharichthys platophrys C. H. Gilbert, 1891 (Small sanddab)
- Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854) (Pacific sanddab)
- Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862 (Bay whiff)
- Citharichthys stampflii (Steindachner, 1894) (Smooth flounder)
- Citharichthys stigmaeus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Speckled sanddab)
- Citharichthys surinamensis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
- Citharichthys uhleri D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Voodoo whiff)
- Citharichthys valdezi Cervigón, 1986
- Citharichthys xanthostigma C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Longfin sanddab)
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Citharichthys in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ a b Victor, B.C. & Wellington, G.M. (2013): Citharichthys darwini n. sp., a new endemic flatfish from the Galápagos Archipelago (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 6: 19-32.
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