Psettichthys

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Noun1.Psettichthys - a genus of SoleidaePsettichthys - a genus of Soleidae      
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
Psettichthys melanostichus, sand sole - a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
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latifurcatus Wilson, 1921 (Trebiidae Wilson, 1905) parasitic on the Bat Ray, Myliobatis californica Gill, 1865 (Myliobatidae Bonaparte, 1835); on the Curlfin Sole, Pleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 (Pleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815); and on the isopod Elthusa vulgaris (Stimpson, 1857) (as Lironeca vulgaris Stimpson, 1857) (Cymothoidae Leach, 1818) parasitic on the Sand Sole, Psettichthys melanostictus Girard, 1854 (Pleuronectidae) (Love and Moser, 1983).
The shelf assemblage identified by Rogers and Pikitch (1992) included sanddabs, English Sole, Sand Sole (Psettichthys melanostictus), Starry Flounder (Platichthys stellatus), and Petrale Sole.
Sand Sole (Psettichthys melanostidus) and Starry Rounder (Platichthys stellatus) were sampled heavily at the shallower nearshore areas, whereas Arrowtooth Flounder (Atheresthes stomias) and Butter Sole (Isopsetta isolepis), which are known to prefer deeper habitat, were found only offshore (Sinclair and others 2007).
Southern occurrence of the sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus).
stigmaeus) Sand Sole (Psettichthys melanostictus) 680 1.9 Shiner Perch Wymatogaster aggregata) 1139 3.1 Slender Sole (Lyopsetta exilis) 2242 6.2 Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colhei) 4068 11.2 Table 2 Comparison of 3 models of changes in catch rates of species or species groups commonly collected during bottom trawl surveys conducted from 1991 to at Port Madison, Puget Sound, Washington.
After the return to Seattle, whole, frozen samples of rock sole, Lepidopsetta sp.; yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera; flathead sole, Hippoglossoides sp.; sand sole, Psettichthys melanostictus; and English sole, Parophrys vetulus, were partially thawed, filleted, refrozen, and compared with local flatfish.
Fish and crabs collected were herring (Clupea pallasi Valenciennes 1847), shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons 1854), eelpouts (Family Zoarcidae), english sole (Parophrys vetulus Girard 1854), sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus Girard 1854), pricklebacks (Family Stichaeidae), giant wrymouths (Cryptacanthodes giganteus Kittlitz 1858), staghorn sculpins (Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854), great sculpins (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus Pallus 1811), red rock (Cancer prodactus Randall 1839), and graceful (Cancer gracilis Dana 1852) crabs.
Unidentified goby O Pleuronectidae Pleuronichtliys coenosus C-O Turbot O Pleuronichthys decurrens Curlfin Turbot O Psettichthys melanostictus Sand Sole O Parophrys veflus English Sole T Platichthys stellatus Starry Flounder T Bothidae Citharichthys stigmaeus Speckled Sanddab T % Total Species name Frequency abundance (rank) Myliobatididae Myliobatis californica 1.0 <0.1 (30) Clupeidae Sardilrops sagax 0.5 <0.1 (28) Salmonidae Oncorliynclms mykiss 0.5 <0.1 (31) Osmeridae Hyponresus pretiosus 3.4 0.5 (14) Osmeridae spp.
Sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus) reportedly ranges from the Southeastern Bering Sea, Alaska to Newport Beach, California in depths ranging from the intertidal zone out to 325 m (Love et al., 2005).
Sand sole, Psettichthys melanostictus, is a common nearshore pleuronectid flatfish in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
(blacksmith) Paralichthys californicus opaque 5 -- (California halibut) Eopsetta jordani (petrale sole) opaque 9 -- Eopsetta jordani (petrale sole) translucent 5 late Psettichthys melanostictus translucent 2 early (sand sole) Actual Estimated death Species season-of-capture date Merluccius productus Sept-Nov 6/80 (Pacific hake) Atherinopsis californiensis early spring?
In shallow waters (20 and 40 m) several flatfishes dominated including small and large English sole, rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), C-O sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus), Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus), and sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus) among other species (Fig.
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