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Pacific sanddab

The Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus), also known as the soft flounder, mottle sanddab, or megrim, is a fish species in the order Pleuronectiformes, or flatfish. It is by far the most common sanddab, and it shares its habitat with the longfin sanddab (C. xanthostigma) and the speckled sanddab (C. stigmaeus). The adult Pacific sanddab is…

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Pacific sanddab

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related to Conservation · 9
Pacific sanddab → California, It, IUCN, Monterey Bay, Oregon, San Francisco, The Pacific, Usually, Washington
related to Biology · 8
Pacific sanddab → Brandt's, Due, Fish, Pacific, Pigeon, The Pacific, Their, They
related to Distribution · 5
Pacific sanddab → Baja California, Bering Sea, East Pacific Ocean, The Pacific, They
is a · 1
Pacific sanddab → opportunistic predator

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sanddab pacific fish side flatfish body species also eyes sea females light brown white citharichthys sordidus order california found smaller

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Pacific sanddabis aopportunistic predator0.90text
marine mammalsinstance ofproviding food for various predators0.80text
birdsinstance ofproviding food for various predators0.80text
and fishinstance ofproviding food for various predators0.80text
haddockinstance ofalthough there is evidence that warmer ocean temperatures have contributed to similar decreasing size trends in other groundfish0.80text
North Sea plaiceinstance ofalthough there is evidence that warmer ocean temperatures have contributed to similar decreasing size trends in other groundfish0.80text
Pacific sanddabrelated to BiologyThe Pacific0.60section
Pacific sanddabrelated to BiologyTheir0.60section
Pacific sanddabrelated to BiologyDue0.60section
Pacific sanddabrelated to BiologyPacific0.60section
Pacific sanddabrelated to BiologyThey0.60section
Pacific sanddabrelated to BiologyBrandt's0.60section

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    Pacific sanddab

    Nodes21
    Edges20
    Triples28
    Avg. degree1.9
    Density0.095238
    Components1
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