Pacific sand sole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Psettichthys Girard, 1854 |
Species: | P. melanostictus
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Binomial name | |
Psettichthys melanostictus Girard, 1854
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The Pacific sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus), 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.