Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Citharichthys xanthostigma

Longfin sanddab

WoRMS 275699ITIS 172726GBIF 2408742key worms:275699

2026-08-05: itis_id 172726 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Nathan Hermann · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Citharichthys arctifrons

Longfin sanddab25 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Citharichthys xanthostigma — Photo · Jeremy_Jodoin · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Citharichthys xanthostigma, the longfin sanddab, is a species of flatfish in the large-tooth flounder family Paralichthyidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, in subtropical waters ranging from Monterey Bay, California in the north, to Costa Rica in the south.W CalCOFI holds 1,785 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1954 and 2015, as larva.R

1,785
observations: 1,785
records: 1,785
sampling events: 1954–2015
years: 1
datasets: larva
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 1,785 obs · 1,785 events · 1954–2015 · larva
name used: Citharichthys xanthostigma Longfin sanddab · code 926

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/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:275699%22

Citharichthys xanthostigma

How big is itiEvery 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 iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
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/.