Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Citharichthys

Sanddabs

WoRMS 158786ITIS 172715GBIF 2408301key worms:158786

18,380
observations: 5,450
sampling events: 1951–2023
years: 1
datasets: 6
species under it: larva · egg
life stages

Observed in

Ichthyoplankton 5,452 obs · 5,450 events · 1951–2023 · larva · egg
name used: Citharichthys Sanddabs · code 924

One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Under it · 6 taxa

sp Citharichthys stigmaeus Speckled sanddab5,947
sp Citharichthys sordidus Pacific sanddab3,693
sp Citharichthys xanthostigma Longfin sanddab1,785
sp Citharichthys fragilis Gulf sanddab1,471
sp Citharichthys platophrys Small sanddab27
sp Citharichthys gordae Mimic sanddab5

Note from the crosswalk

2026-08-05: itis_id 172715 via WoRMS external link

Ways in

Explorermaps, sections and time series of this taxon — opens prefilled
https://calcofi.io/explore/?taxon=worms:158786
db-querySQL in your browser — the shell opens with this query
https://calcofi.io/db-query/?sql=SELECT+%2A+FROM+__TBL%3Aobs_bio__+WHERE+taxon_key+%3D+%27worms%3A158786%27+LIMIT+100%3B
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:158786%22

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:158786")

Python

import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:158786'").df()

This page as data

JSONthis taxon's entry of the release record, verbatim
https://calcofi.io/species/worms-158786.json

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.06, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.