Definition of Psettichthys

1. Noun. A genus of Soleidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Psettichthys
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Soleidae, Soleidae
Member holonyms: Psettichthys Melanostichus, Sand Sole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psettichthys

Prutenic
Przevalski's horse
Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horses
Príncipe
Ps.
Psa.
Psalms
Psalter
Psaltriparus
Psenes
Psephurus
Psephurus gladis
Psetta
Psetta maxima
Psettichthys
Psettichthys melanostichus
Pseudacris
Pseudaletia
Pseudaletia unipuncta
Pseudechis
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudemys
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys rubriventris
Pseudemys scripta
Pseudepigrapha
Pseudobombax
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Pseudococcidae

Literary usage of Psettichthys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1862)
"psettichthys, sp., Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 140. Citharichthys, Bleek, in Compt. Rend. Acad. Sc. Amsterd. xiii. ..."

2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"psettichthys, GRD. in Proc. A cad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 140. The general aspect of this genus is elongated, and reminds us of Solea, which analogy is ..."

3. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"The single species of 'psettichthys is P. melanostictus. This is one of the most common flounders on the Pacific Coast from Monterey Bay to Sitka, ..."

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