{
  "taxon_key": "worms:275699",
  "slug": "worms-275699",
  "scientific_name": "Citharichthys xanthostigma",
  "common_name": "Longfin sanddab",
  "rank": "Species",
  "rank_order": 43,
  "taxonomic_status": "accepted",
  "status_checked": "2026-08-05",
  "parent_taxon_key": "worms:158786",
  "lineage": {
    "kingdom": "Animalia",
    "phylum": "Chordata",
    "class": "Teleostei",
    "order": "Pleuronectiformes",
    "family": "Paralichthyidae"
  },
  "ids": {
    "worms_id": 275699,
    "itis_id": 172726,
    "gbif_id": 2408742,
    "ncbi_id": null,
    "inat_id": null
  },
  "groups": [],
  "notes": "2026-08-05: itis_id 172726 via WoRMS external link",
  "direct": {
    "n_obs": 1785,
    "n_samples": 1785,
    "n_datasets": 1,
    "year_min": 1954,
    "year_max": 2015,
    "life_stages": [
      "larva"
    ]
  },
  "rollup": {
    "n_obs": 1785,
    "n_taxa": 1,
    "n_species": 1,
    "n_datasets": 1,
    "year_min": 1954,
    "year_max": 2015
  },
  "datasets": [
    {
      "dataset_key": "swfsc_ichthyo",
      "n_obs": 1785,
      "n_samples": 1785,
      "year_min": 1954,
      "year_max": 2015,
      "life_stages": [
        "larva"
      ],
      "years": {
        "1954": 189,
        "1955": 163,
        "1956": 106,
        "1957": 208,
        "1958": 80,
        "1959": 127,
        "1960": 136,
        "1961": 50,
        "1962": 68,
        "1963": 71,
        "1964": 66,
        "1965": 81,
        "1966": 151,
        "1967": 55,
        "1968": 3,
        "1969": 35,
        "1972": 19,
        "1974": 4,
        "1975": 98,
        "1978": 45,
        "1979": 1,
        "1981": 2,
        "1984": 3,
        "1985": 1,
        "1986": 3,
        "1988": 1,
        "1990": 1,
        "1991": 1,
        "1992": 1,
        "1996": 1,
        "2008": 1,
        "2009": 1,
        "2011": 1,
        "2013": 6,
        "2014": 3,
        "2015": 3
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Citharichthys xanthostigma",
          "common_name": "Longfin sanddab",
          "code": "926",
          "ids": {
            "worms_id": 275699,
            "itis_id": 172726,
            "gbif_id": 2408742
          },
          "flags": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}