Species FAO code: IYO

Citharichthys sordidus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Conservation measures
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
France	fr cardine de Californie	–
Sweden	sv Fläckig sandvar	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854)

TACs and quotas

Total allowable catches (TACs) or fishing opportunities, are catch limits (expressed in tonnes or numbers) that are set for most commercial fish stocks. TACs are set annually for most stocks (every two years for deep-sea stocks) by the Council of fisheries ministers. TACs are shared between EU countries in the form of national quotas. For each stock a different allocation percentage per EU country is applied for the sharing out of the quotas. Read more: TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

FLX/05B-F.

Pleuronectiformes

Fishing areas

27.5.b Faeroes Grounds (Division Vb) Faroese waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

0.0 t

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854)

Scientific name

Citharichthys sordidus

Author

(Girard, 1854)

Rank

Species

FAO code

IYO

Morphological description

Caudal rounded; pectorals rather large and pointed (Ref. 6885). Eyed side dull brown or tan irregularly mottled with dark; Dorsal, anal, caudal and anal fins black; blind side white to pale brown (Ref. 6885). Freshly caught males with dull orange spots and blotches (Ref. 6885). Young light olive green on eyed side, finely and sparsely speckled with brown, black, and orange, especially on fins (Ref. 6885).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPleuronectiformes
  - FamilyParalichthyidae
    - GenusCitharichthys
      - SpeciesCitharichthys sordidus

Synonyms

Psettichthys sordidus Girard, 1854

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Citharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854)

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Citharichthys sordidus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

Seines

Trawls

TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 67 - Pacific, Northeast

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central