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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Microstomus pacificus

Dover sole

WoRMS 274294ITIS 172887GBIF 5214028key worms:274294
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2026-08-05: itis_id 172887 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Microstoma microstoma
Dover sole76 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

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Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) observed off Pt Pinos during a sanctuary seafloor monitoring survey using the Delta submersible.
Photo · Linda Snook / MBNMS · Public domain · commons

The Pacific Dover sole, also called the slime sole or slippery sole, is a Pacific flatfish of the flounder family which ranges from Baja California to the Bering Sea. It takes its name from a resemblance to the common sole of Europe, which is often called Dover sole.W CalCOFI holds 1,106 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2022, as larva and egg.R

1,106
observations
1,106
records
1,085
sampling events
1951–2022
years
1
datasets
larva · egg
life stages

Observed in
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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.

  • Ichthyoplankton 1,106 obs · 1,085 events · 1951–2022 · larva · egg
    name used: Microstomus pacificus Dover sole · code 946

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:274294%22