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Pacific Dover Sole

Microstomus pacificus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 6,670, February 6,196, March 9,615, April 11,251, May 17,400, June 15,153, July 12,028, August 10,719, September 9,422, October 7,473, November 6,016, December 6,094.
Canada118,038
British Columbia118,038
United States92,324
Alaska88,473
California3,053
Washington715
Oregon82
Hawaii1

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyRighteye Flounders · Pleuronectidae
GenusMicrostomus

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