Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Psettichthys melanostictus

Sand sole

WoRMS 282396ITIS 172928GBIF 2409051key worms:282396

2026-08-05: itis_id 172928 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Birgit Lang · CC BY 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Pleuronectes platessa

Sand sole63 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Psettichthys melanostictus — Photo · awhitlock · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The Pacific sand sole, also known as simply sand sole, is a species of flatfish found in the north-eastern Pacific waters where it lives on sandy bottoms. It is the only species in the genus Psettichthys, and ranges from the Bering Sea to northern California.W CalCOFI holds 129 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1954 and 2018, as larva.R

129
observations: 129
records: 129
sampling events: 1954–2018
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 129 obs · 129 events · 1954–2018 · larva
name used: Psettichthys melanostictus Sand sole · code 958

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:282396%22

Psettichthys melanostictus

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/.